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LEITÃO (Humberto). OS DOIS Descobrimentos da Ilha de São Lourenço mandados fazer pelo vice -Rei D. Jerónimo de Azevedo nos anos de 1613 a 1616. Lisboa. 1970. - LEITÃO (Humberto) OS DOIS Descobrimentos da Ilha de São Lourenço mandados fazer pelo vice -Rei D. Jerónimo de Azevedo nos anos de 1613 a 1616 . Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Históricos Ultramarinos, 1970. 432 pp.; 230 mm. This edition by Humberto Leitão details the two reconnaissance expeditions to the island of São Lourenço – present-day Madagascar – ordered by Viceroy D. Jerónimo de Azevedo. The first of these voyages departed from Goa in 1613 aboard the caravel Nossa Senhora da Esperança , under the command of pilot Paulo Rodrigues da Costa, with the threefold objective of meticulously surveying the island's coastline, ascertaining the whereabouts of Portuguese shipwrecked or missing on the routes to India and their possible descendants, and exploring the possibilities of evangelizing the local populations; the second expedition took place in 1616. The volume is illustrated with a fold-out map of the island. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate