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MCKENNA (James B.). A SPANIARD in the Portuguese Indies: The Narrative of Martín Fernández de Figueroa. Cambridge. 1967. - MCKENNA (James B.) A SPANIARD in the Portuguese Indies: The Narrative of Martín Fernández de Figueroa . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. xii, 290 pp.: il.; 220 mm. Critical edition, with English translation, of the Conquest of the Indies of Persia and Arabia which was accomplished by the armada of King Manuel of Portugal , a narrative by Martín Fernández de Figueroa, a Spaniard who took part in the expeditions of the armada sent by King Manuel I and who recounts what he witnessed in the Persian Gulf and India. The original text was printed in Salamanca in 1512 and contributed to awakening European interest in Persia at the beginning of the 16th century. James B. McKenna's study comprises the historical context, the Spanish text and the English translation, commentary, a chapter on narrative in history and literature, a facsimile of Figueroa's text (reproduced from a copy in the Palha Collection, Harvard University), an appendix on Portuguese historians and the Conquest , and a bibliography. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate