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1373.] T. W. H. Tolbort —History of the Portuguese in India. 
guese authorities who treat specially of Ceylon,—It i h e i r o, and Rodrigues 
d e S a a. The latter wrote an account of the expedition of 1630, in which his 
father was killed. There is also a Portuguese account of the siege of Colom¬ 
bo, translated and attached to Baldseus’ narrative in Churchill’s voyages. 
Baida e u s himself, a Butch writer, is the best authority for the final strug¬ 
gle between the Butch and Portuguese, giving a sketch of the negotiations 
and military movements, with details of the sieges of Colombo and Cochin and 
engravings of the different forts and towns. Ribeiro’s History is contained 
in the fifth volume of the “ Noticias para a Historia e Gfeografia das nacoes 
ultramarinas.” There is a French translation by LeGrand and an English 
translation, now rare, by Lee. Sir Emerson Tennent mentions Johann 
Jacob S a a r s, as giving in German an account of the campaign in which 
Colombo was captured. W outer Schouten’s u Oostindische Voyagie” 
is another narrative of the same period. 
The above list does not include many “ Travels,” although the most vivid 
and faithful pictures of Portuguese India in the 16th and 17th centuries 
are to be found in the narratives of European travellers. The number of 
these is so great, that we can only specify a few, referring enquirers to the 
standard collections of voyages for further details. These collections are 
well known,—Ramusio, Purchas, Hakluyt, Be Bry, Le Brun, ITulsius, 
Recueil des Voyages de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Pays-bas, 
La Harpe, Bampier, Harris, Pinkerton, Tlievenot, Churchill, Astley, Lock- 
man, Kerr, Murray, and others. There are two or three Italian collections 
of value besides Ramusio, and there are some Indian voyages in the 
Portuguese “ Noticias.” 
Among individual Travels the most noteworthy, either for their in¬ 
trinsic value, or for their bearing on our present subject, are— 
Odoardo Barbosa. The earliest description of India after Portu¬ 
guese discovery. 
The voyage of Magellan, which first took the Spaniards to the East. 
The voyage of Sir Francis Brake, the first appearance of the 
“ Heretics” in those seas. 
The “ Peregrinates” of Mendez Pinto. 
Linschoten’s Itinerarium. 
Travels of Pyrard de Laval (1601 to 1611). The original is in 
French, but there is a Portuguese translation, published at Goa by Senlior 
Rivara. Pyrard de Laval’s book is of special value as he lesided at Goa when 
the prosperity of that city was at its height; for although the glory 
of Portuguese India had begun to diminish some years earlier, the splen¬ 
dour of Goa as a city, was greatest during the first few years of the seven¬ 
teenth century. Pyrard’s description is detailed and interesting. 
B e 11 o n ’ s narrative of the Inquisition of Goa. The original was pub- 
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