Medienkombination, Englisch, 1188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 322 mm, Gewicht: 1900 g
Medienkombination, Englisch, 1188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 322 mm, Gewicht: 1900 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
ISBN: 978-1-108-01348-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited 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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Shipwrecked on the Maldives in 1602–1607, Pyrard de Laval learnt the local language and studied the culture, flora and fauna of the islands. On his escape to Goa he continued his cultural investigations in Portuguese India, before returning to France by way of Saint Helena and Brazil in 1611. His book, which included practical advice for French traders travelling to Asia and a phrase book for visitors to the Maldives, was an immediate success. This three-volume translation of the 1619 edition appeared in 1887–1890.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
Weitere Infos & Material
Volume I: Introduction; Chronology of Pyrard's voyage; Addenda et corrigenda; Title page of the third French edition; Dedicatory epistle; 1. Narrative of the voyage from the embarking at St. Malo to the Cape of Good Hope; 2. Of the Cape of Good Hope and the Cape of the Needles; 3. We anchor in St. Augustine's bay, at the island of St. Lawrence; 4. We touch at the Comorro Islands; 5. Pitiable wreck of the ship Corbin on the reefs of the Maldives; 6. What happened to the men who were saved from the Corbin; 7. Arrival of a lord bearing the king's commission at the island of Paindoüé; 8. Arrival of the author at the island of Málé; 9. Grievous sickness of the author; 10. Description of the Maldive Island; 11. Of the religion of the inhabitants of the Maldives; 12. More of their ceremonies at betrothals and weddings, at obsequies and funerals; 13. Of the form of their apparel, of their manner of living; 14. Form of the government of the State; 15. Orders of the people and of the nobility; 16. Of the king's palace; 17. Of the revenues of the king, of the money, traffic, and commerce of the Maldives; 18. Curiosity of the Maldive king; 19. The Maldives, when peopled; 20. Accidents and casualties to ships at the Maldives; 21. Of a captured Portuguese vessel that was wrecked; 22. Divers judgments passed for adultery, lewdness, and other crimes; 23. Of the expedition of the king of Bengal to the Maldives; 24. The kingdom of Bengal, and some observations thereon; 25. Voyage to Calecut by way of Montingué, Badara, and Marquaire; 26. Arrival of the author at Calecut, and a description of that kingdom; 27. More of Calecut; 28. Of the kingdoms of Chaly, Tananor, and Cochin; 29. Voyage from Cochin to Goa. Volume II: Introduction; Chronology of events; Addenda et corrigenda; Dedicatory epistle; 1. Arrival at Goa, and description of the hospitals and prisons there; 2. Description of the island of Goa, the chief inhabitants, and lords; 3. Of the city of Goa; 4. Of the markets, slaves, money, water, and other remarkable things at Goa; 5. Of the government of Goa; 6. Of the Archbishop of Goa; 7. Of the exercises and games of the Portuguese, Metifs, and other Christians at Goa; 8. Of the Portuguese soldiers at Goa; 9. Of the kingdom of Dealcan, Decan, or Ballagate, and the neighbourhood of Goa; 10. Voyage of the author to Ceylon, and description of that island; 11. Of Malaca, a description of it, and the memorable siege which the Hollanders laid thereto; 12. Of the islands of Sunda - Sumatra, and Java - and the towns of Bantan and Tuban; 13. Of the singular things that are brought from the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and from the Philippines and Manilla; 14. Of the form and fashion of the Portuguese ships going to the Indies; 15. Of the traffic of the Portuguese throughout the Indies in general; 16. Of the traffic to Brazil; 17. Of the traffic at Mozambique and other places; 18. Of the kingdom of Ormuz; 19. Of the kingdoms of Cambaye, Surat, and of the Grand Mogor; 20. Many captures of Portuguese ships; 21. The author's taking ship at Goa; 22. Departure from Goa. Volume III: Addenda et corrigenda; 23. Return of the author; 24. The island of Saint Helena; 25. Departure from Saint Helena; 26. Of Brazil; 27. Departure from Brazil; Treatise of animals, trees, and fruits; Advice for the voyage to the East Indies; Dictionary of some words of the Maldive language; Appendix; General index.
