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GALVÃO (António). TRATADO dos Descobrimentos. Porto. 1944. - GALVÃO (António) TRATADO dos Descobrimentos . Terceira Edição. Anotada e comentada pelo visconde de Lagoa, com a colaboração de Elaine Sanceau. Porto: Livraria Civilização, 1944. 506, [4] pp.: il.; 230 mm. (Biblioteca Histórica Série Ultramarina, n. 1) Third edition of António Galvão's Treatise on the Discoveries , meticulously annotated and commented on by the Viscount of Lagoa, with the collaboration of Elaine Sanceau, constituting the inaugural title of the Overseas Series of the Historical Library of Portugal and Brazil. This diplomatically reproduces the extremely rare 1563 first edition, with an updated version by César Pegado, the first librarian of the General Library of the University of Coimbra, and includes a bio-bibliographical study of the author by the Viscount of Lagoa. Published posthumously, the Treatise is considered one of the first attempts at a universal history of discoveries, chronologically tracing the voyages and discoveries from Antiquity to the author's time, both Portuguese and Spanish, in a pioneering effort of historical synthesis and coordination. Illustrated with facsimiles of the title pages of the first edition (1563) and the second (1731). An indispensable reference edition of this foundational work in the historiography of the Discoveries. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate