Em nome de Deus : : the journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India, 1497-1499 / / translated and edited by Glenn J. Ames.

• Superior document: European expansion and indigenous response, v. 4
• Author: Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ames, Glenn Joseph.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (1497-1499) was one of the seminal events of the Renaissance period. An anonymous Journal kept by a member of his fleet has long served as the main documentary source for accounts of this voyage. Strangely, there has only been one English translation of this important document, published more than a century ago. This book provides a new, updated English translation of the Journal with extensive editorial notes and appendices which encompass and reflect changes in the historiography over the last century on Vasco da Gama and his first voyage. In doing so, it examines initial Portuguese impressions when confronted by the cultures of Africa and India during this period.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / G.J. Ames -- Background To The Voyage / G.J. Ames -- The Voyage / G.J. Ames -- Across The Arabian Sea / G.J. Ames -- The Return Voyage / G.J. Ames -- The Kingdoms To The South Of Calicut / G.J. Ames -- The Language Of Calicut / G.J. Ames -- Appendix I Men In Da Gama’s Fleet / G.J. Ames -- Appendix II Sixteenth Century Chronicler Accounts Of The Final Stages Of The Voyage And Da Gama’s Return To Lisbon / G.J. Ames -- Appendix III Contemporary Letters Describing The Voyage / G.J. Ames -- Appendix IV Honors Granted To Vasco Da Gama, 1499–1502 / G.J. Ames -- Appendix V Vasco Da Gama’s Sailing Instructions To Pedro Álvares Cabral, Ca. 1500 / G.J. Ames -- Appendix VI Calcoen: A Narrative Of The Second Voyage Of Vasco Da Gama To Calicut, 1502 / G.J. Ames -- Bibliography / G.J. Ames -- Index / G.J. Ames.