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GODINHO (Manuel). RELAÇÃO do Novo Caminho que Fez por Terra e Mar Vindo da ìndia para Portugal, no Ano de 1633 o Padre Manuel Godinho. Lisboa. 1944. - GODINHO (Manuel) RELAÇÃO do Novo Caminho que Fez por Terra e Mar Vindo da ìndia para Portugal, no Ano de 1633 o Padre Manuel Godinho . Introdução de Augusto Reis Machado. Lisboa: Agência Geral das Colónias, 1944. XVI, 232 pp.; 225 mm. This 1944 edition, with an introduction by Augusto Reis Machado, is an account of Father Manuel Godinho's overland journey from India to Portugal in 1663, published by the Agência Geral das Colónias (General Agency of the Colonies); the work was first published in 1665 and republished in 1842 by the Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Úteis (Society for the Propagation of Useful Knowledge). Instead of the usual sea route around the Cape of Good Hope, Godinho returned by land, crossing Persia, Arabia, and Turkish territories, leaving one of the most interesting Jesuit accounts of India and the Near East in the final phase of Portuguese rule, shortly after the definitive cession of Bombay to the English, in fulfillment of the Anglo-Portuguese treaty of 1661. The account includes meticulous observations on Hindu and Muslim customs and on the territories traversed, and bluntly testifies to the decline of Portuguese power in India in the face of the rise of the English and Dutch. Highly regarded and sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate