Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Galvão, António, -1557
Title:
The discoueries of the world from their first originall vnto the yeere of our Lord 1555 / Briefly written in the Portugall tongue by Antonie Galuano, Gouernour of Ternate, the chiefe island of the Malucos: corrected, quoted, and now published in English by Richard Hakluyt, sometimes student of Christchurch in Oxford.
Alternate Title(s):
Discoveries of the world from their first originall unto the yeere of our Lord 1555
Published / Created:
Londini : Impensis G. Bishop, 1601.
Physical Description:
[12], 97, [3] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A translation into English from the original Portuguese of: Tratato. Que compôs o nobre & notavel capitão Antonio Galvão, dos diversos & desvayrados caminhos, por onde nos tempos passados a pimenta & especearia veyo da India ás nossas partes.
Subject Terms:
Discoveries in geography -- Early works to 1800. | Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Early works to 1800. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800. | Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716 -- Autograph (BEIN) | Great Britain. Admiralty. Library -- Stamp. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe -- Bookbinder.
Form/Genre:
Woodcuts.
Contributors:
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616, translator. | Bishop, George, -1611, publisher. | Eliot's Court Press, printer.