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BOCARRO (António). LIVRO das Plantas de Todas as Fortalezas, Cidades e Povoações do Estado da Índia Oriental. Bastorá. 1937. - BOCARRO (António) LIVRO das Plantas de Todas as Fortalezas, Cidades e Povoações do Estado da Índia Oriental . Prefaciado e anotado por A. B. de Bragança Pereira. Bastorá: Tipografia Rangel, 1937. XVI, 430 pp.: il.; 245 mm. We believe this to be the first printed edition of the famous Book of Plants —a 17th-century survey of the fortresses, cities, and settlements of the State of India, bringing together descriptions and representations of Portuguese strongholds in the Indian Ocean. This edition was published in the Arquivo Português Oriental (New Edition), vol. IV, vol. II, p. I. António Bocarro was a chronicler of the State of India and chief archivist in Goa; by order of his superiors, he was commissioned in the 1630s to compile this survey, using information and drawings collected locally and sent to the Court. The result survives in manuscripts preserved today, being a primary source for the history of cartography and military architecture in the Luso-Asian space. Very rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate