CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS III
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS V
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Transcription and Study
6. NORTH AMERICA 9
7. SOUTH AMERICA 11
8. CARIBBEAN 16
9. NORTH ATLANTIC 19
10. SOUTH ATLANTIC 24
11. THE NORTHERN POLAR REGIONS AND FAR NORTHERN EUROPE 27
12. SCANDINAVIA 29
13. WESTERN EUROPE 30
14. CENTRAL EUROPE 32
15. THE MEDITERRANEAN 34
16. AFRICA 36
17. WEST AFRICA 37
18. NORTHEASTERN AFRICA 43
19. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA 45
20. NORTHERN ASIA 50
21. MIDDLE EAST AND THE RED SEA 62
22. THE PERSIAN GULF 66
23. SOUTHERN ASIA 68
24. OFF THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA 79
25. NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN 83
26. SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN 87
27. EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN 92
28. PACIFIC OCEAN 97
29. SOUTHERN CONTINENT 101
30. Appendices
31. Appendix 1: Parias insula (North America) 104
32. Appendix 2: America (South America) 106
33. Appendix 3: Brasiliae regio (southern continent) 108
34. Appendix 4: Voyage from Lisbon to India 110
35. NOTES 112
36. IMAGES 155
37. INDEX 196