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BERNARDINO, Frei Gaspar de S. Itinerário da Índia por Terra até à Ilha de Chipre. Lisboa. 1953. - BERNARDINO, Frei Gaspar de S. Itinerário da Índia por Terra até à Ilha de Chipre . Introdução e notas por Augusto Reis Machado. Lisboa: Agência Geral do Ultramar, 1953. 270 pp.; 235 mm. A modern edition, with introduction and notes by Augusto Reis Machado, of the Itinerary of India by Land to this Kingdom of Portugal , by Friar Gaspar de São Bernardino, a Franciscan of the Province of Portugal, originally published in Lisbon, in the workshop of Vicente Álvares, in 1611, an edition that is now very rare. It is one of the classic accounts of Portuguese overland voyages between the East and Europe in the early 17th century. The author departed from Goa for the Kingdom in December 1605 on the flagship Nossa Senhora de Betancor , which was shipwrecked off the coast of Madagascar and, after being broken up, landed in Mombasa. From there he continued overland, crossing Persia, Mesopotamia, and Syria to the island of Cyprus, leaving a vivid description of the cities, peoples, customs, and dangers of the journey. The text presents passages parallel to the account of the journey by Nicolau de Orta Rebelo, a companion in the same fleet, a matter that has occupied the historiography concerning the two narratives. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate