The commentaries of the great Afonso Dalboquerque,

£300 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa, was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean. He conquered Goa (1510) and of Melaka (1511) on the Malay Peninsula. His program to gain control of all the main maritime trade routes of the East and to build permanent fortresses with settled populations laid the foundations of Portuguese hegemony in the Orient. Hakluyt Society, first series, 53, 55, 62, 69. 4 volumes, 8vo, xxiv, 256; cxxvi, 242; lvi, 308; xxxv, 324 pp, 6 folding maps, 12 illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, bookplates and stamps of the Inner Temple Library, original blue cloth gilt, some discolouration, traces of old dampstaining, wear to extremities, a good sound set.

• Binding: Hardcover

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