Em nome de Deus : the journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India, 1497-1499

Author(s)

• Gama, Vasco da
• Ames, Glenn Joseph

Bibliographic Information

Em nome de Deus : the journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India, 1497-1499

translated and edited by Glenn J. Ames

（European expansion and indigenous response / edited by Glenn J. Ames, v. 4）

Brill, 2009

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (1497-1499) was one of the seminal events of the Renaissance period. An anonymous Journal kept by a member of his fleet has long served as the main documentary source for accounts of this voyage. Strangely, there has only been one English translation of this important document, published more than a century ago. This book provides a new, updated English translation of the Journal with extensive editorial notes and appendices which encompass and reflect changes in the historiography over the last century on Vasco da Gama and his first voyage. In doing so, it examines initial Portuguese impressions when confronted by the cultures of Africa and India during this period.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Background to Voyage Vasco da Gama Command of the 1497 Fleet The Fleet and its Preparations The Manuscript Debate on Authorship Significance Ravenstein's First English Edition Da Gama's Departure The Voyage The Atlantic: Lisbon to the Cape of Good Hope From Santiago to the Bay of Saint Helena The African Coast Doubling the Cape of Good Hope The Bay of Sao Bras From Sao Bras to Malindi Natal and the Land of Boa Gente Rio dos Bons Sinais Mozambique The Shoals of Sao Rafael Mombasa Malindi Across the Arabian Sea Calicut First Audience with the Samorin A 'Christian Church' Presents for the Samorin A Second Audience Pandarane The Fleet off Calicut The Return Voyage Anjediva Mogadishu Malindi The Cape of Good Hope The Journal Ends Kingdoms to the South of Calicut About Elephants Prices of Spices at Alexandria The Language of Calicut Appendix I: Men in Da Gama's Fleet Appendix II: Accounts of Correia and Castanheda Appendix III: Contemporary Letters D. Manuel I to Ferdinand and Isabella D. Manuel I to Cardinal Protector D. Jorge da Costa First Two Letters of Girolamo Sernigi Appendix IV: Honors Granted to Vasco da Gama D. Manuel's Grant of 24 December 1499 D. Manuel's Grant of 10 January 1500 Appendix V: Da Gama's Sailing Instructions to Cabral Appendix VI: Calcoen: Da Gama's Second Voyage Bibliography Index

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• NCID: BA91850114
• ISBN:
  • 9789004176430
• LCCN: 2009016532
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: por
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 182 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G401.G3
  • DC22 : 915.404/245092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Travel -- India
  • LCSH : India -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA91592948