The Commentaries Of The Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy Of India Volume Vol. 3rd

About the book:-Affonso De Alboquerque was born in 1453 in the town of Alhandra near Lisbon. He was the 2nd son of Guncala de Alboquerque and Leronor de Menazes. His first voyage to Asia was in the year 1503. This work which is divided into 4 volumes describes and discusses his career in Asia, and as the 2nd Viceroy of Portuguese Asia. The work is the English translation of the original Portuguese work (written by Affonso's son and originally published in 1774), by Walter de Birch, the senior assistant to the department of archives in the British Museum. The first volume is of the period 1453 to 1508; it contains 256 pages an introduction of 53 pages, and relates to the first and second visits to India, the proceedings at Hormus, the raising of the blockade, and his arrival Cannor where he meets the Viceroy whom he later supercedes. The 2nd volume, from 1500 to 1510, containing 124 pages of introduction beside the 242 pages of describes his circumstances of his appointment as Viceroy instead of Almeida, and the events from his arrival at Cannanor until the taking of Goa for the first time. The 3rd volume containing 42 pages of introduction and body pages described the period from 1510 to 1513. The 4th volume is till his death, and rewiew of this life and carrer. This set was first published between 1875 and 1884. About the Author:- Walter de Gray Birch was an English historian, editor and author. He is best known for his Cartularium Saxonicum — A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History, which supercede John Mitchell Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici. Birch worked in the British Museum Department of Manuscripts between 1864 and 1902, transcribing and cataloguing Anglo-Saxon charters. The Title 'The Commentaries Of The Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy Of India written/authored/edited by Walter De Gray Birch', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121248075 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 382 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- Vol. 3rd