Shipwrecks, Voyages, Fantasies & Battles - João Palma-Ferreira - Portuguese Travel Literature

Anthology of Portuguese travel literature and maritime adventures

"Shipwrecks, Voyages, Fantasies & Battles," coordinated, prefaced, and annotated by João Palma-Ferreira. This work brings together fundamental texts of Portuguese travel literature, narrating the adventures, shipwrecks, and battles of Portuguese navigators during the Age of Discoveries. The cover features a magnificent engraving of a 16th-century Portuguese ship on a yellow background, evoking the great voyages of discovery.

Features:

• Coordination: João Palma-Ferreira - Important scholar of Portuguese literature
• Theme: Travel Literature, Shipwrecks and Portuguese Discoveries
• Cover with engraving of a 16th-century ship.
• Readers' Circle Edition
• Historical texts about Portuguese maritime adventures
• Preface, reading of the text and notes by João Palma-Ferreira
• Condition: Used, with signs of handling on the edges.

This anthology brings together epic accounts of shipwrecks, extraordinary voyages, exotic fantasies, and naval battles that marked the Portuguese maritime expansion. Texts that document the adventures and misadventures of Portuguese navigators in the seas of India, Africa, and Brazil, including dramatic narratives of survival and discovery.

Perfect for lovers of Portuguese history, those interested in the Discoveries, students of travel literature, historians, teachers, and all those fascinated by the Portuguese maritime epic. A literary journey through the golden age of Portuguese navigation.