PEREYRA, ANTONIO PINTO

HISTORIA DA INDIA NO TEMPO EM QUE A GOUERNOVO VISO REY DOM LUIS DE ATAIDE [HISTORY OF INDIA DURING THE GOVERNMENT OF VICEROY DON LUIS DE ATAIDE].. NICOLAU CARVALHO

      First Edition. Small Folio. [xxiv], 151, [4], [3], [2]; 162 Leaves, [11] pages. Very handsome period brown elaborately gilt tooled full sheep. In very good condition. Very Rare work as only two copies in Worldcat. "The first Portuguese encounter with India was on May 20, 1498 when Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut (Kozhikode) in the present-day Indian state of Kerala . Over the objections of Arab merchants, Gama secured an ambiguous letter of concession for trading rights from the Zamorin, Calicut's local ruler, but had to sail off without warning after the Zamorin insisted on his leaving behind all his goods as collateral. Gama kept his goods, but left behind a few Portuguese with orders to start a trading post. In 1510, Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the Bijapur sultans on behalf of a local sovereign, Timayya, leading to the establishment of a permanent settlement in Velha Goa (or Old Goa). The Southern Province, also known simply as Goa, was the headquarters of Portuguese India, and seat of the Portuguese viceroy who governed the Portuguese possessions in Asia. The Portuguese acquired several territories from the Sultans of Gujarat: Daman (occupied 1531, formally ceded 1539); Salsette, Bombay, and Ba�aim (occupied 1534); and Diu (ceded 1535). Coat of Arms of Goa, Portuguese possession in India (1675)These possessions became the Northern Province of Portuguese India, which extended almost 100 km along the coast from Daman to Chaul, and in places 30-50 km inland. The province was ruled from the fortress-town of Ba�aim. Bombay (present day Mumbai) was given to Britain in 1661 as part of the Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza's dowry to Charles II of England"(Wikipedia). First Edition