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SANCEAU (Elaine). D. João de Castro. Porto. 1946. - SANCEAU (Elaine) D. João de Castro . Trad. António Álvaro Dória. Revista pela autora. Porto: Livraria Civilização, 1946. 414, [6] pp.; 19 est.: il.; 260 mm. First Portuguese edition, published three years before the original English edition, Knight of the Renaissance (London, 1949), and revised by the author. Biography of D. João de Castro (1500–1548), humanist nobleman, navigator, cosmographer and 4th viceroy of India, a figure who embodies the soldier, the man of science and the ruler of the State of India. This work traces his career from his training and campaigns in North Africa to his voyages to the East that gave rise to the famous Roteiros ( navigation guides), milestones in Portuguese nautical science, and culminates in his governorship of India, notably the relief of Diu in 1546 and the reconstruction of the fortress. Based on the consultation of documentary and chronicle sources, it combines rigorous research with a literary narrative style. Profusely illustrated with 19 plates outside the text. It had a second edition in 1956. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate