Excerpt from Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskïold I possess a curious work sent me many years ago by the Portuguese consul in London, giving an account of the discovery of India by Vasco da Gama, printed from a manuscript in the Public Library at Oporto, by an ancient mariner of that city and which I intended to have trans lated but as the narrative, though trustworthy, is somewhat dry, I have preferred following Gaspar Correa's longer work, Lendas da India, ably done into English by the Hon. H. Stanley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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