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AQUARONE (J. B.). D. JOÃO Castro Gouverneur et vice-Roi des Indes Orientales (1500-1548). Paris. 1968. - AQUARONE (J. B.) D. JOÃO Castro Gouverneur et vice-Roi des Indes Orientales (1500-1548) . Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1968. 2 v.: il.; 245 mm. Extensive scientific biography of D. João de Castro (1500-1548), nobleman of the household of D. Manuel I, scientist, soldier and navigator, thirteenth governor and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India, a major figure of Portuguese Renaissance humanism alongside Pedro Nunes, João de Barros and Damião de Góis. Author of three celebrated itineraries, written during his voyages from Lisbon to Goa, from Goa to Diu and from Goa to the Red Sea, D. João de Castro distinguished himself through his studies on the determination of latitude and longitude, cartography and the deviation of the magnetic compass, dying in Goa a few weeks after assuming the office of viceroy. The work, the author's doctoral thesis, constitutes a comprehensive study of D. João de Castro's intervention in the Portuguese domination of Asia and his contribution to the cosmography, geography, and humanism of the 16th century, supported by extensive bibliography and archival documentation. Published in two volumes, with forty-eight plates outside the text, it is part of the Publications of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Montpellier, and is considered, to this day, one of the reference biographies on the figure of D. João de Castro. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate