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VIAGENS do Reino para a Índia e da Índia para o Reino (1608-1612). Lisboa. 1957. - VIAGENS do Reino para a Índia e da Índia para o Reino (1608-1612) . Diários de navegação coligidos por D. António de Ataíde no século XVII. Introdução e notas do Comandante Humberto Leitão. Lisboa: Agência Geral do Ultramar, 1957. 3 v.: il.; 255 mm. Compilation of various travel diaries from voyages to India and back to Portugal during the first quarter of the 17th century. In total, six voyages are compiled: 1. Voyage of the ship Santo António from Portugal to Goa in 1608; 2. Voyage of the ship Nossa Senhora da Penha de França from Goa to Portugal in 1610; 3. Voyage of the ship Nossa Senhora da Piedade from Portugal to Goa in 1609; 4. the same ship from Goa to Portugal in 1610; 5. Voyage of the ship Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe from Portugal in 1611; and 6. the same ship's return to Portugal in 1612. The work is enriched with a very useful introduction that briefly explains the navigation techniques used by the Portuguese at that time. The work also includes a third volume of Appendix with notes and comments, vocabulary, toponymic glossary, geographical and onomastic indexes, and maps. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate