1st Edition
From Lisbon to Goa, 1500–1750 Studies in Portuguese Maritime Enterprise
By C.R. Boxer
Copyright 1984
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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These articles deal with the functioning, and malfunctioning, of the Carreira da India, the round voyages made between Portugal and its possessions in India that began after Vasco da Gama had opened up the route round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497-99. On such voyages was the Portuguese colonial empire built, and these studies illustrate the conditions under which they operated - the ships, the... Read more
Contents: Preface; The Carreira da India (Ships, men, cargoes, voyages); The principal ports of call in the 'Carreira da India' (16th-18th centuries); Moçambique Island and the 'Carreira da India'; Portugeuse Roteiros, 1500-1700; An introduction to the História Trágico-MarÃtima; An introduction to the História Trágico-MarÃtima (1957): some corrections and clarifications; On a Portuguese carrack's bill of lading in 1625; Admiral João Pereira Corte-Real and the construction of Portuguese East-Indiamen in the early 17th century; The naval and colonial papers of Dom António de AtaÃde; The sailing-orders for the Portuguese East-Indiamen of 1640 and 1646; Index.
Biography
C.R. Boxer
