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ALBUQUERQUE (Luís Mendonça de). O LIVRO de Marinharia de Manuel Álvares. Lisboa. 1969. - ALBUQUERQUE (Luís Mendonça de) O LIVRO de Marinharia de Manuel Álvares . Introduction by Armando Cortesão. Lisboa: Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 1969. [6], 108 pp.: il.; 290 mm. Fifth volume of the Memoirs Series of the Ancient Cartography Studies Group of the Overseas Research Board, a collection launched in 1963 by Luís de Albuquerque with the first edition of André Pires' Book of Seamanship and dedicated to the publication of rare known books of seamanship: manuals compiled by Portuguese pilots from the first half of the 16th century, with cosmographic data, solar declination tables, regulations and navigation itineraries intended to guide the practice of piloting. This volume publishes the text attributed to Manuel Álvares, with an introduction by Armando Cortesão, one of the leading authorities on the history of Portuguese cartography during the Age of Discoveries. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate