ABSTRACT
First published in 1930.
'The Broadway Travellers consolidates its already high reputation by issuing this volume...' Spectator
This is the first translation of the Commentarios since original publication in 1647. Copies of the original are very rare yet the work covers an historically significant period, describing the operations leading up to the capture from the Portuguese of Ormuz, in the Persian Gulf, by an Anglo-Persian force. Of importance in the history of the rise of the Indian Empire, this is the first printed account of the Portuguese version of the affair.
The appendices include many previously unpublished Portuguese documents, the most important of which is the full Journal of Edward Monnox, who was present throughout the operations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |110 pages
Book The First
chapter Chapter I|6 pages
Departure of Ruy Freyre from Lisbon, and events of the voyage until reaching Mozambique.
chapter Chapter II|6 pages
Of how the Captain-Major Ruy Freyre arrived at Moçambique and concerning what happened to him there.
chapter Chapter III|2 pages
Of how Ruy Freyre left Moçambique, and of what happened to him until he arrived at Ormuz.
chapter Chapter VI|4 pages
How the English ships arrived, and our Armada went to encounter them, and of the battle which ensued.
chapter Chapter VIII|5 pages
How Ruy Freyre arrived at Ormuz, and commenced with the work of the Fortress of Queixome.
chapter Chapter X|3 pages
How the Persians encamped; and of two assaults that cur men made upon them.
chapter Chapter XXVI|3 pages
How the General Abadulacão attacked the fortress a second time, and how the English proposed an agreement.
chapter Chapter XXVIII|3 pages
How the fleet of rowing-vessels that was in the River of Lafetd arrived, and what passed in Ormuz.
chapter Chapter XXIX|3 pages
How the English signed the Capitulations and the fortress was surrendered to them.
part |100 pages
Book The Second