Dias and His Successors (Editor: E Axelson)

Dias and His Successors

(Editor: E Axelson)

Published by Saayman & Weber Pty Ltd, Cape Town, South Affrica (1988)

Some foxing, age toning. Gift inscription. Dustwrapper has some shelfwear, boards a bit chipped. Internally good condition.

Limited edition #30 of unspecified number.

Contributions by Eric Axelson, Charles Boxer, Graham Bell-Cross & Colin Martin.

159 pages, 32 charts in colour and black & white, brown cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

\'Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 rounded Africa and entered the Indian Ocean, with vital consequences for both Europe and Asia. The voyage was epoch-making. This volume, published on the fifth centenary of the voyage, contains information about the Dias voyage and subsequent Portuguese maritime activities in South African waters; it includes a section on the development of Portuguese nautical science, especially of maritime cartography, during the period of the Discoveries and into the seventeenth century\'. Editor\'s note.

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