A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499
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WORKS ISSUED BY
FIRST SERIES. NO. XCIX-MDCCCXCVIII
(From a Photograph by Sr. Camancho.) This Portrait, now in the Hall of Honours of the Lisbon Geographical Society, was presented by the Conde de Vidigueira to King D. Carlos.
A JOURNAL OF FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, 1497-1499.
by E. G. RAVENSTEIN, F.R.G.S., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LISBON. BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Published by BURT FRANKLIN 514 West 113th Street New York 25, N. Y. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY REPRINTED BY PERMISSION PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
COUNCIL
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., Pres. R.G.S. , President. The Right Hon. The Lord Stanley of Alderley, Vice-President. Rear-Admiral Sir William Wharton, K.C.B., Vice-President. C. Raymond Beazley, Esq., M.A. Colonel G. Earl Church. Sir Martin Conway. Albert Gray, Esq. Alfred Harmsworth, Esq. The Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury. Edward Heawood, Esq., M.A. Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, G.C.B. J. Scott Keltie, Esq. Vice-Admiral Albert H. Markham. E. Delmar Morgan, Esq. Captain Nathan, R.E. E. J. Payne, Esq. Cuthbert E. Peek, Esq. E. G. Ravenstein, Esq. Howard Saunders, Esq. Charles Welch, Esq., F.S.A. William Foster, Esq., B.A., Honorary Secretary .
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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
[The Voyage Home.]
[THE KINGDOMS TO THE SOUTH OF CALECUT.]
About Elephants.
[A VOCABULARY OF MALAYALAM.]
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A.
TWO LETTERS OF KING MANUEL, 1499.
I.—King Manuel’s Letter to the King and Queen of Castile, July 1499.
II.—King Manuel to the Cardinal Protector, August 28th, 1499.
APPENDIX B.
GIROLAMO SERNIGI’S LETTERS ON VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE.
APPENDIX C.
THREE PORTUGUESE ACCOUNTS OF VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE (1608-1646).
I.—Jornal das Viagens dos Portuguezes as Indias, 1608.
II.—Luiz de Figueiredo Falcão, 1612.
III.—Pedro Barretto de Rezende, 1646.
APPENDIX D.
VASCO DA GAMA’S SHIPS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT.
APPENDIX E.
MUSTER-ROLL OF VASCO DA GAMA’S FLEET.
APPENDIX F.
THE VOYAGE.
APPENDIX G.
EARLY MAPS ILLUSTRATING VASCO DA GAMA’S FIRST VOYAGE.
LIST OF PLACE-NAMES.
APPENDIX H.
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX AND GLOSSARY.