'The Portugues Asia: or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues; containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan; all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions; a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. In three tomes. Written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa, of the Order of Christ. Translated into English by Cap. John Stevens. Tome the Second' [275] (301/560)
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Chap. VI. the Pcrtugues Afia. t
rt; without Arras. The Booty was fmall, the
J mofi: confiderable part of it Cannon and,
;ta ; Ammunition. The next day being Sc.
tharines, a place was clean fed to lay Mafs
u, j in. The Command of it was given to George
j [ r de Moura with Four hundred Men, half of
^ them Fortuguefes.
Il'; 4. Here the Ingenier Simon de Kuan fought
v ^ alone with thirty of the Enemy till he fell
as was thought dead^ but as they put him
into a Shroud a fmall motion was perceived,
and foon after, to the admiration of all Men,
he recovered. In this Adlion we lofi: twenty
!;■ Men. Next the Viceroy palled to Bracalor^
r ; which is much like the other in ftrength and
1 fituation. The Landing was fomewhat more
difficult, being obftruded by 11 coo Men,
but at length Two hundred of them being
: killed (with the lols of nine on oar fidej ouc
tku jv[ en poflefled themfelves of a Work which
: i' much difmay'd the Enemy,
lelfiiji ^ Thole in the Fort, before the Viceroy
G((«rcould beSege, abandon'd it. Soon after the
iDgtiiii K ings of Jolar and Cambolim attack the ForG
jD'd ^ona very dark Night, but found Peter Lopez,
sell UfLabelo who commanded it with Two hundred -
Menib ready to receive them, that they loft
asri^ffhree hundred, killing only five of his, and
id tkiK defpairing of any Succels, concluded a Peace
with the impofition of a greater Tribute
ilcniilN than they paid before. The Viceroy had
ation ^ an interview with thofe two Princes and the
.jne to Queen of Cambolim, and they parted very
g { jjejj{i( good Friends. Above a Month was (pent in
fiontotf building a new Fort in a convenient place,
- ■ $ a which
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The Portugues Asia: or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues; containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan; all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions; a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. In three tomes. Written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa, of the Order of Christ. Translated into English by Cap. John Stevens. Tome the Second.
Publication Details: London, Printed for C. Brome, at the Sign the Gun, at the West-End of St. Pauls, 1694.
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- 'The Portugues Asia: or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues; containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan; all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions; a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. In three tomes. Written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa, of the Order of Christ. Translated into English by Cap. John Stevens. Tome the Second'
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- front, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1a:1b, 2a:2b, 3a:3b, 4a:4b, 5a:5b, 1:14, 1:232, 241:526, iii-r:v-v, back-i, back
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- Sousa, Manuel de Faria e
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