194 T. W. H. Tolbort —History of the Portuguese in India. [No. 3, 
history, though written in or about 1561, lay in manuscript till a few years 
ago, when it was printed by the Lisbon Academy. The publication was 
commenced in 1858 and concluded in 1864. Correa came to India in or 
about 1512, and served as Albuquerque’s amanuensis. His stay in India was 
not continuous, but it was at Goa that he ended his days. 
His history comprises the period from Yasco da Gama’s voyage in 1497 
to-the Government of Jorge Cabral in 1550. The earlier portion is partly 
founded on the manuscript (now lost) of Joao Figueira, a priest who accom¬ 
panied Yasco da Gama. The bulk of the work from 1512 to 1550 has all 
the advantages of contemporary history by the pen of a truthful and intel¬ 
ligent writer. The work is illustrated with pictures of towns, and portraits 
of the Yiceroys taken, I believe, from pen and ink sketches by Correa him¬ 
self. Most of the towns are fairly represented, though without accuracy of 
detail. For instance Aden, Diu, and Colombo, as they appeared in the six¬ 
teenth century, can at once be identified by any one who has seen them as 
they are now. Correa has been termed the “ Polybius” of Portuguese His¬ 
tory in India. Selections from his work, comprising the three voyages of 
Yasco da Gama, have been translated and published in English by the Hon. 
H. Stanley. 
JoaodeBarros, the Livy of Portuguese History. His work, in four 
Decades, though somewhat later than the histories by Correa and Castanhe- 
da was, until the last few years, universally regarded as the standard authori¬ 
ty on the subject. The recent publication of Correa’s Lendas raises the 
question whether Correa or Barros should be followed where discrepancies 
exist (and in detail such discrepancies are numerous) ; upon the whole it 
seems likely that Barros will always hold his place in the opinion of his own 
countrymen as well as in that of foreigners as the chief of Portuguese His¬ 
torians. His style is admired, and he gives an interesting sketch of the 
Portuguese discoveries prior to Yasco da Gama’s voyage, a necessary intro¬ 
duction, which Correa and Castanlieda omit. Barros died in 1570. He never 
visited India, but had special facilities for his study as an official in the 
India Office at Lisbon. 
D i o g o d e Couto, the continuator of Joao de Barros. De Couto served 
in India, and though his portion of the History is not considered equal to 
that written by Barros, it is the best we have for the latter half of the six¬ 
teenth century. The fourth Decade by Barros comes down to the death of 
Nuno da Cunlia in 1539, but as this Decade had not appeared when De 
Couto commenced his continuation, he began twelve years earlier brino-ino- 
the continuation down to 1600. The joint History of De Barros and De 
Couto consists of twenty-four 8vo. Yols., there being for the reason above 
stated a duplicate account of the twelve years comprised in the governments 
of Lopo Yaz de Sampayo and Nuno da Cunlia. 
