Guedes Rodrigues' Private Collection
Lot 25:
SOUSA (L. de Morais e)
A SCIENCIA Náutica dos Pilotos Portugueses nos Séculos XV e XVI. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1924.
2 v.: il.; 250 mm.
Interesting study, published posthumously, on the navigation techniques known and developed by the Portuguese in the period of the Discoveries. The work is divided into two parts, the first comprising a collection of primary sources of nautical knowledge known to Portuguese navigators and the second on the methods used. Illustrated in the text.
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