Le routier de dom Joam de Castro; l'exploration de la mer Rouge par les Portugais en 1541, traduit du portugais d'apres le manuscrit du British museum; avec une introduction historique et des notes critiques de geographie par A. Kammerer ; avec 25 planches hors-texte et 3 figures / Joao de Castro.

By: Contributor(s): Language: French Original language: Portuguese Publication details: Paris : P. Geuthner, 1936.Description: vi, 202 p. : plates, port., maps (part fold.) facsims ; 25 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT7 C37 1936
Contents:
Introduction Historique -- 1. Les Portugais et la mer Erythrée -- 2. Les préparatifs d'une expédition dans la mer Rouge -- 3. J. de Castro et son manuscrit -- 4. Les méthodes astronautiques au temps de J. de Castro -- Routier de Joam de Castro -- Prologue de D. J. de Castro (dédié a l'Infant D. Luiz) -- Router du Voyage que firent les Portugais des Indes Jusqu'a Suez -- Grande Baie (le Fer a cheval etla baie de Bérénice)
Summary: This work is based on a Portuguese manuscript of the 16th century kept at the British Museum. It is a description of the Red Sea as it was seen by leading Portuguese explorer D. Joan de Castro, who led a fleet of 60 ships with orders from Vasco de Gama to attack the Turks in the Red Sea area and control their possession in trade. The expedition succeeded in occupying Aden, Socotra, Bab el-Mandeb, Assab, Masawi’h, Suwakim, Port Sudan and Tour Sinai. The translator introduced this early work with historical notes regarding the Portuguese presence in the Red Sea.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library DT7, C37 1936 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 409

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Introduction Historique -- 1. Les Portugais et la mer Erythrée -- 2. Les préparatifs d'une expédition dans la mer Rouge -- 3. J. de Castro et son manuscrit -- 4. Les méthodes astronautiques au temps de J. de Castro -- Routier de Joam de Castro -- Prologue de D. J. de Castro (dédié a l'Infant D. Luiz) -- Router du Voyage que firent les Portugais des Indes Jusqu'a Suez -- Grande Baie (le Fer a cheval etla baie de Bérénice)

This work is based on a Portuguese manuscript of the 16th century kept at the British Museum. It is a description of the Red Sea as it was seen by leading Portuguese explorer D. Joan de Castro, who led a fleet of 60 ships with orders from Vasco de Gama to attack the Turks in the Red Sea area and control their possession in trade. The expedition succeeded in occupying Aden, Socotra, Bab el-Mandeb, Assab, Masawi’h, Suwakim, Port Sudan and Tour Sinai. The translator introduced this early work with historical notes regarding the Portuguese presence in the Red Sea.

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