Pires, Tome, ca. 1468-ca. 1540.

The Suma oriental of Tome Pires : an account of the East, from th e Red Sea to China, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, Th e book of Francisco Rodrigues : Pilot-Major of the armada that discover ed Banda and the Moluccas : rutter of a voyage in the red sea, nautical rules, almanack, and maps, written and drawn in the east before 1515 / edited by Armando Cortesao. - New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 2005. - v.: ill., maps ; 23 cm.

"Translated from the Portuguese MS in the Bibliotháeque de la Chambr e des Dâeputes, Paris." Two folded maps in pocket inside v. 1, p. 3 of cover (measuring 24 x 41 cm. folded to 12 x 21 cm.). Reprint. Originally published: London : Hakluyt Society, 1944.

Includes bibliographical references and index.


English and Portuguese.

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Navigation--Orient-- Early works to 1800.


Orient--Description and travel.

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