Lot 4 , Gomes de Brito, Bernardo - Historia tragico-maritima. Em que se escrevem chronologicamente os naufragios....
Gomes de Brito, Bernardo - Historia tragico-maritima. Em que se escrevem chronologicamente os naufragios.... Vol 2 only, quarto, pigskin, 80 titles with engraved vignettes, woodcut headpiece's, initials and illustrations, damp stained to top of most leaves and with some annotations in pencil, Lisbon, 1736
Estimate £500-700
Contents of Vol Two
1 - The travails of the nau Santo Antonio, captained by Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho, attacked and seized by French corsairs when returning from Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1565 (written by Bento Teixeira Pinto, orig. pub. 1601)
2 - The wreck of the nau Santiago, captained by Fernão de Mendonça, off the Bassas da India (Mozambique Channel) in 1585 (written by Manoel Godinho Cardozo, orig. pub. 1602).
3 - The wreck of the nau São Thomé, captained by D. Paulo de Lima, off the 'Terra dos Fumos' (southern Mozambique), in 1589 (written by Diogo do Couto, 1611).
4 - The wreck of the Santo Alberto, captained by Julião de Faria Cerveira, off 'Penedo das Fontes' (Kwaaihoek, South Africa) in 1593. (written by João Baptista Lavanha)
5 - The travails of the nau São Francisco, captained by Vasco da Fonseca, returning from Brazil, drifted to Puerto Rico in 1596 (written by Fr. Gaspar Afonso, orig. pub. 1597)
6 - The battles of the galleon Santiago against the Dutch at Saint Helena in 1602, and the nau Chagas against the English at the Azores in 1594 (written by Melchior Estacio de Amaral, orig. pub. 1602)
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Sold for £750