196 T. W. H. Tolbort —History of the Portuguese in India. [No. 3, 
memoirs, and personal narratives than to prolonged chronicles which are 
necessarily themselves compilations. This is especially true of Portuguese 
History in India. Passing on then to this class of authors we find— 
“TheEoteiro,” the account of Vasco da Grama’s voyage, followed hy 
Mr. Major in his Life of Prince Henry. I have not seen this, but it is evi¬ 
dently a work of authority. 
* The Commentaries of the great Albuquerque, compiled by his 
son from the official despatches sent by Albuquerque to King Manuel. They 
appeared in 1557. 
The Chronicle of King Manuel himself by Damiao d e Goes, pub¬ 
lished during the reign of King Sebastian, and dedicated to the Cardinal 
Prince Henry. 
The History of the Portuguese during the reign of Emmanuel, by Oso¬ 
rio, Bishop of Sylves, in Latin. This, though based on the Chronicle of 
Damiao de Goes, is superior to it as a literary work. There is an English 
translation, published in 1752. 
Antonio Galvan, a contemporary of the Governor Nuno da Cunha, 
is said by Earia y Sousa to have written much concerning India and particu¬ 
larly about the Spice Islands, but Faria y Sousa was unable to find any of 
his works except “ the Book he calls of Discoveries, which is only short 
hints of things.” I presume this is the “ Tratado dos diversos e desvayra- 
dos caminhos, &c.” If any other works by this author are extant, they will 
be very valuable. Crawfurd eulogizes the author in the following terms : 
“ Of all the Portuguese names connected with the Indian Archipelago 
incomparably the greatest, except of Magellan, is that of the virtuous, the 
pious, the discreet, and heroic Antonio Galvan.” The failure of Faria y 
Sousa to find his manuscripts is no proof that they do not exist; for the 
instance of Correa’s great History, to say nothing of numerous other books, 
shows that in Portugal the most valuable manuscripts may lie hidden for 
centuries. . 
I here insert a note by the editors of Correa's History, which details all 
the printed works prior to the date of that author. 
“ The printed Portuguese books regarding the History of India, of 
which Gaspar Correa might have had knowledge, although he may not 
have seen them all, still less possessed them, are,—the Life of D. Joao II., 
by Garcia de Besende ; Castanheda’s History ; the three first Decades of 
Joao de Barros ; the first book of the siege of Diu, by Lopo de Sousa Cou- 
tinho ; the Commentaries of Albuquerque ; the Itinerary of Antonio Tenrei- 
ro ; the Book of Antonio Galvao, Tratado dos diversos e desvayrados camin¬ 
hos, &c. ; the Delation of the Embassy of the Patriarch D. Joao Bermudes ; 
the Chronicles of the King D. Manuel and of the Prince D. Joao by Damiao 
de Goes ; the treatise on the affairs of China by Fr. Gaspar da Cruz; the 
