The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India, Volume 3 : Translated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774

The 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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volumes 53, 55, 62 and 69 of the series contain the English translation of The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, translated and edited by Walter de Grey Birch. Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) was a Portuguese naval officer and nobleman whose successful military campaigns helped establish Portugal's colonies in India. Volume 3 contains an account of his second, successful conquest of Goa in November 1510 and the capture of Malacca in 1511. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 4 Contents......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 CHRONOLOGY OF PART III......Page 56 TITLE TO THE EDITION OF 1774---PART III......Page 58 TITLE TO THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THE THIRD PART......Page 62 CHART OF THE MALAY PENINSULA......Page 70 COMMENTARIES OF AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE---PART III......Page 72 "Letter which the great Afonso Dalboquerque wrote to the Hidalcão as soon as Goa had been taken"......Page 91 "Speech of the great Afonso Dalboquerque before the second storming of Malaca"......Page 186 "Instructions to the Portuguese Ambassador setting out to Siam"......Page 227 "Oration of Camilla Portio to Pope Leo X, upon the Conquest of Malaca"......Page 243 "Letter of the great Afonso Dalboquerque to the King of Portugal concerning the Maintenance of Portuguese Power in Goa"......Page 329 "Articles which the King sent to Afonso Dalboquerque concerning Goa"......Page 334 APPENDIX......Page 336 ERRATA......Page 380 Cover 1 Frontmatter 4 Contents 12 INTRODUCTION 14 CHRONOLOGY OF PART III 56 TITLE TO THE EDITION OF 1774---PART III 58 TITLE TO THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THE THIRD PART 62 CHART OF THE MALAY PENINSULA 70 COMMENTARIES OF AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE---PART III 72 "Letter which the great Afonso Dalboquerque wrote to the Hidalcão as soon as Goa had been taken" 91 "Speech of the great Afonso Dalboquerque before the second storming of Malaca" 186 "Instructions to the Portuguese Ambassador setting out to Siam" 227 "Oration of Camilla Portio to Pope Leo X, upon the Conquest of Malaca" 243 "Letter of the great Afonso Dalboquerque to the King of Portugal concerning the Maintenance of Portuguese Power in Goa" 329 "Articles which the King sent to Afonso Dalboquerque concerning Goa" 334 APPENDIX 336 ERRATA 380 9781108011549 Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Volume 3 of this four-volume Victorian English translation of The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque contains an account of his conquest of Goa in 1510 and Malacca in 1511.