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(History, Cartography): The Suma Oriental of Tome Pires- An Account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan..Malacca and India in 1512-1515 AND The Book of Francisco Rodrigues Rutter of a Voyage..Red Sea, Nautical Rules..Maps..Before 1515 by Cortesao, Armando (translator) - 1944

by Cortesao, Armando (translator)

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(History, Cartography): The Suma Oriental of Tome Pires- An Account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan..Malacca and India in 1512-1515 AND The Book of Francisco Rodrigues Rutter of a Voyage..Red Sea, Nautical Rules..Maps..Before 1515

by Cortesao, Armando (translator)

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London: The Hakluyt Society, 1944. Two 8.75 inch 8 vo volumes (578 pp total). Second Series No. LXXXIX (xcvi, 228 pp) and No. XC (pp 229-578) of this work issued for by The Hakluyt Society and translated from the originals by the notable scholar of Portuguese cartography, Armando Cortesao. All 42 illustrations / maps present; some folding. Tome Pires' 'Suma Orient' was arguably the most important account of the East in the first half of the sixteenth century. There is a detailed introduction and preface to each of the works. Some scuffing to boards, minimal edge soiling, vol. 1 mildly shaken, but the gilt-embossed covers are sound, and the interior is very good or better. Several scattered stamps of the Rand Club, Johannesburg, 24 Jul 1946. Folding map in rear of each volume. Minimal browning to page edges. This is an increasingly uncommon pair.. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.
  • Bookseller The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books US (US)
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  • Publisher The Hakluyt Society
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1944
  • Keywords Maps, Mapping, Sea Chart, Sea Rutter, Voyages, Travel, Exploration, Cartography, Portugal, Cortesao, Exploration, Asia, Japan, History

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(History of Cartography - Portolan Charts) The Nautical Chart of 1424 and the Early Discovery and Cartographical Representation of America. A Study on the History of Early Navigation and Cartography

by Cortesao, Armando (translator)

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Portugal: University of Coimbra, 1954. Signed by Author This is in an unusual format, with the original soft covers (not the later leather binding), as issued, with book interior in excellent shape. The dedication page to Philip Ramsay Robinson is present. Neat, pencilled owners signature on front end-paper. The stiff paper boards with title and crest are a bit browned, with the edges slightly chipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR; limited edition #324; publishers gift copy with small library stamp of Catholic University of America on title page (no other library markings). Binding sound. Introduction and discussion in English by this major cartographic historian. There are reproductions of several early portolan charts, plus the exhaustive 110 pp text and the seprate bibliography and index (pp 113-123; uncut in this section). This chart was apparently first catalogued and discussed in detail here, and had been found with the breakup of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps ("Biblioteca Phillippica"… Read More
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