Sales catalogue: Maggs Bros

Date:
1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/58
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chamada Subo.” Foi pois seguramente baseado nos papeis de Sam Martim, que Duarte de Resende escreveu o seu tratado, ao qual Barros se refere dizendo: “..Fica aqui dizer hia coufa por hérra de Duarte de Refende...: elle me deregio hum tractado fobre esta nauegacam de Caftella....” EF’ profundamente lamentavel que pertenga ao numero dos desapparecidos o “‘tratado da nave- Sacio de Fernéo de Magalbaes” composto por Duarte de Resende: seria sem duvida mais um valio- sissimo documento a juntar 4 colleccio das provas dos descobrimentos portuguezes e da sua sciencia, que como vimos em outros estudos d’esta obra, sempre caminharam juntos. Julgamos que estas notas mostram a valér historico, bibliographico e litterario do livro de Duarte de Resende que apresentamos, assim como 0 interesse que desperta o seu auctor. Amicicia z fonho se Scipidoz Paradoras em ainuy nobee st femp leal cioade oc Loim bap Herms Galbaroe.Liraoa em lingoa jp Duarte oerefendoe caualcy2o fioalgo oa cala Slrey noffofd2 aos.rrr.dias SAgolto Do ANno denoflo [62 Felurpode.m.oree- 17 Subo (Cebu).” And Duarte de Resende’s treatise was based on the sure testimony found in Sam Martim’s papers. This treatise is men- tioned by Barros, who says: ‘There now remains a word to be said for the honour of Duarte de Resende, which I want to defend, both because he was my kinsman, and because he was a good scholar: he dedicated a treatise on the Castilian navigations to me...” and goes on to explain that certain false state- ments, which had been made concerning these same navigations, did not originate in his friend’s work, where everything was correctly and care- fully written. It is a grievous pity that the Tratado da Navegacao de Fernao de Magalhaes, by Duarte de Resende, must be counted among the vanished works, for it would surely have been a most valuable document to add to the evidence about the Portuguese discoveries, and the scientific knowledge which ever went step by step with them. We consider that these notes show plainly the historical, bibliographical and literary value of this translation of De Amicicia as well as the interest aroused by its author.
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