Tragic-maritime stories, 1552-1563, masterpieces of Portuguese shipwrecks.
Chandeigne| N° d'inventaire | 25702 |
| Format | 12 x 17.5 |
| Détails | 256 p., some illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782367321264 |
"Magellane" collection.
These astonishing tales of shipwreck constitute, with the Pilgrimage of
Fernão Mendes Pinto, the masterpiece of Portuguese literature
travel. Published in cheap booklets from the 16th century onwards, they experienced
a great success before being gathered (at least twelve of them)
them) by Bernardo Gomes de Brito, in 1735-1736, under the evocative title
d’História trágico-maritima.
The book brings together here the famous Loss of the great galleon São João on the coast of
Natal in 1552, where the tragic end of Captain Manoel de Sousa is narrated
Sepúlveda and his wife Leonor; the Shipwreck of the Conceição nave which
lost on the bass of Peros Banhos in 1555; and the Shipwreck of the ship São
Paulo occurred in 1562 on the island of Sumatra.
"In these pages where men die by the thousands," José emphasizes
Saramago in the preface is not only the terrible reality of travel
of the time that is described, but also the pure human condition, shown
in its misery and its grandeur.
"Magellane" collection.
These astonishing tales of shipwreck constitute, with the Pilgrimage of
Fernão Mendes Pinto, the masterpiece of Portuguese literature
travel. Published in cheap booklets from the 16th century onwards, they experienced
a great success before being gathered (at least twelve of them)
them) by Bernardo Gomes de Brito, in 1735-1736, under the evocative title
d’História trágico-maritima.
The book brings together here the famous Loss of the great galleon São João on the coast of
Natal in 1552, where the tragic end of Captain Manoel de Sousa is narrated
Sepúlveda and his wife Leonor; the Shipwreck of the Conceição nave which
lost on the bass of Peros Banhos in 1555; and the Shipwreck of the ship São
Paulo occurred in 1562 on the island of Sumatra.
"In these pages where men die by the thousands," José emphasizes
Saramago in the preface is not only the terrible reality of travel
of the time that is described, but also the pure human condition, shown
in its misery and its grandeur.