Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and his Viceroyalty Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF GAMA'S FIRST VOYAGE TO INDIA
- THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- THE SECOND VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- THE THIRD VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, AND HIS VICEROTALTY: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA,” OF GASPAR CORREA
- APPENDIX
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
INTRODUCTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF GAMA'S FIRST VOYAGE TO INDIA
- THE FIRST VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- THE SECOND VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA” OF GASPAR CORREA
- THE THIRD VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA, AND HIS VICEROTALTY: FROM THE “LENDAS DA INDIA,” OF GASPAR CORREA
- APPENDIX
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
Summary
Louvarei antes o Oamoens sublime,
E o bravo Gama, araiido ignotos mares,
E as Nereidas nuas impellindo
As naos, que ameaça o escolho.
Francisco Manuel.The account here given of Vasco da Gama's voyages is taken from Gaspar Correa's Lendas da India, and is entirely new; for Correa's work, which has only been printed within the last ten years, enters into much more detail than the other chroniclers, frequently differs from them, and has not been made use of by the great majority of the historians who wrote subsequently to him.
Gaspar Correa went to India, as he says in his prologue, when very young, and sixteen years after India was discovered,—that would be in 1514. The editors of the history, printed by the Academy of Lisbon, say, however, that he sailed with Jorge de Mello in March of 1512, on the ground of a receipt of which a facsimile is given. The receipt is signed by Gaspar Correa, but bears no date. It does not appear to bear out the assumption that Correa sailed with Jorge de Mello. It runs thus:
“tres adiçoes
Gaspar Correa que foy de Jorge de mello que foy mestre salla avera ho mes de Junho sem cevada ao respeito…… 406 reis Recebeo de nuno Rybeiro os quatrooentos e seys reis em cyma conteudos.
Bastiao da costa.
Gaspar Correa.”- Type
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- Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and his ViceroyaltyFrom the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa; accompanied by original documents, pp. vii - lxxxivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869