The Tragic History Of The Sea 1589-1622

Boxer, C. R. (Editor): 1959 Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, hardcover with dust jacket 297 pages. Illustrated with maps and photographic plates. This fascinating historical collection contains translated firsthand accounts of dramatic Portuguese shipwrecks and the subsequent survival struggles in southeast Africa between 1589 and 1622. The compiled narratives offer valuable insight into the perils of early modern maritime trade, colonial expansion, and cross-cultural encounters along uncharted coasts. English language. In very good condition.