quinta-feira, novembro 05, 2009

A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. (...) - John Barrow (1806)


Barrow, John - A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793: Containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kindgom; and also of such european settlements as where visiting on the voyage: Whit skecthes of the manners, character, and condition of their several inhabitants. To which is annexed an account of a journey, made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remoteste point in the interior of southern Africa to wich europeans have hitherto penetrad. The facts and descriptions taken from a manuscript journal. With a chart of the route. London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806.
Nota: Tem um capítulo sobre a Madeira (págs. 1 - 26) e as duas gravuras aqui reproduzidas.

Historie del S.D. Fernando Colombo - Fernando Colón

Colón , Fernando; Ulloa , Alfonso de; Pané , Ramón  - Historie del S.D. Fernando Colombo; : nelle quali s'ha particolare, & v...