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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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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.
Contents
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.
