Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and his Viceroyalty by Gaspar... - 9781108011372

Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and his ViceroyaltyFrom the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa; accompanied by original documents\nAuthor(s): Gaspar Correa, Henry Edward John Stanley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108011372, 978-1108011372\nSynopsis\nThe publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Vasco de Gama (c. [tel] was a Portuguese explorer who commanded the first European expedition to sail directly to India. He was later appointed Viceroy of Portuguese India in 1524. This volume, first published in 1869, contains an account of .