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Additional Physical Format: | Pinto, Fernão Mendes, 1509-1583 The travels of Mendes Pinto Chicago [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1989 XLVI, 663 S. |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ferñao Mendes Pinto; Rebecca D Catz |
ISBN: | 9780226923239 0226923231 |
OCLC Number: | 1043853595 |
Description: | 1 online resource (744 pages) |
Contents: | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Europe under Charles V -- Flowering of the Renaissance -- Spain under Philip II -- Portugal under Manuel I and John III -- Publication History of the Book -- Translations -- Summary of the Text -- Influences -- The Historical Author -- Satire and the Fictive Author -- A Note on the Translation -- Chapter 1. The Early Years -- Chapter 2. The Passage to India -- Chapter 3. A Renegade in the Red Sea -- Chapter 4. The Land of Prester John -- Chapter 5. Captive in Mocha -- Chapter 6. On the Slave Block -- Chapter 7. The Siege of Diu -- Chapter 8. Impressment at Sea -- Chapter 9. The Queen of Honowar -- Chapter 10. Defeat at Honowar -- Chapter 11. The Queen's Treachery -- Chapter 12. Departure for Malacca -- Chapter 13. The Battak Envoy -- Chapter 14. Through the Jungles of Sumatra -- Chapter 15. At the Court of the Battak -- Chapter 16. Observing the Battak at War -- Chapter 17. The Battak Army in Retreat -- Chapter 18. The Battak's Warning -- Chapter 19. A Malay Tyrant -- Chapter 20. The Elusive Isle of Gold -- Chapter 21. The Ambassador from Aaru -- Chapter 22. The Aaru on the Eve of War -- Chapter 23. Shipwrecked off the Island of Sumatra -- Chapter 24. Captive in Siak -- Chapter 25. Back in Malacca -- Chapter 26. The Achinese Threat to Portuguese Power -- Chapter 27. The Death of the King of Aaru -- Chapter 28. The Queen of Aaru Seeks Revenge -- Chapter 29. The Queen of Aaru in Malacca -- Chapter 30. The Queen of Aaru Departs in Anger -- Chapter 31. Jantana Lays Claim to Aaru -- Chapter 32. Jantana and Achin at War -- Chapter 33. Rescue at Sea -- Chapter 34. Tome Lobo in Danger -- Chapter 35. Murder of the King of Pahang -- Chapter 36. Disaster in the Harbor of Lugor -- Chapter 37. Lady of the Swamp -- Chapter 38. Antonio de Faria Swears Vengeance. |
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