Letters from Portugese captives [manuscript]. 1534-1536.

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Letters from Portugese captives [manuscript]. 1534-1536.

Letters from Portuguese captives in Canton, 1535-1536 with introduction on Portuguese intercourse with China in first half 16th century. Reprinted from the Indian Antiquary Bombay, Educational Society Steam Press, 1902. Typescript from published book by Donald Ferguson, reprinted in the Indian Antiquary 1900-1902 and republished in book form 1902, Bombay. 2 copies of the reprint held (extremely rare). Mr Braga was working on a new edition and revised additions and translation from another copy of the original document in Lisbon. Ferguson likely used the original in the Chamber of Deputies, Paris. Mr. Braga feels the dates 1534-1536 should be 1524-1526.

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Ferguson, Donald.

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