Contemporary manuscript copy of Gabriel Rebello. Informacao das cousas de Maluco, 1569

Component identifier:: File 2
Content Summary:: The Work consists of three parts: a description of the Spice Islands and their natural history, a history of the Portuguese discovery of the Spice Islands and of the disputes of the Portuguese and the Spaniards for their possession, and an account of the captaincy of Bernaldim de Sousa. Rebello was in the Moluccas in 1543, 1551 and 1566; he was later Secretary of the Mesa da Consciencia in Lisbon.
Processing information:: M1174

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia