The suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, The book of Francisco Rodrigues : rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515

Author(s)

• Pires, Thomé
• Rodorigues, Francisco, fl. 1513
• Cortesão, Armando

Bibliographic Information

The suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, The book of Francisco Rodrigues : rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515

translated from the Portuguese MS in the Bibliothèque de la Chambre des Députés, Paris, and edited by Armando Cortesão

（Works / issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd ser., no. 89-90）

Kraus Reprint, 1967

Note

Each vol. has special t.p

Reprint. Originally published: Hakluyt Society, 1944

"The book of Francisco Rodrigues": p. 290-305

Bibliography: p. 533-540

Details

• NCID: BA18754912
• Country Code: lh
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engpor
• Original Language Code: por
• Place of Publication: Nendeln, Liechtenstein
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. in 1 (xcvi, 578 p., [4] folded leaves of plates)
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G161
  • DC : 915
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : East Asia -- Description and travel
  • LCSH : Pilot guides -- East Asia
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11960665