A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499
By: translated and edited with notes, an introduction and appendices, by E.G. Ravenstein.
Contributors: Sá, João de., supposed author.; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;; no. 99
Publisher: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Published: 1898
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524; Voyages and travels; Africa -- Description and travel; India -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
First English translation of the Roteiro da viagem de Vasco da Gama, believed by some authorities to be the work of Alvaro Velho. Editor favors João de Sá as author rather than Velho.
Table of contents: title: Appendices: Two letters of King Manuel, 1499; title: Girolamo Sernigi's letters, 1499; title: Three Portuguese accounts of Vasco da Gama's first voyage, 1608, 1612, 1646; title: Vasco da Gama's ships and their equipment; title: Muster-roll of Vasco da Gama's fleet; title: The voyage; title: Early maps illustrating Vasco da Gama's first voyage; title: Honours and rewards bestowed upon Vasco da Gama, 1499-1524.