1516-1989, Italian, Unpublished edition: Letter of Andrea Corsali, with additional material. [electronic resource] : Corsali, Andrea, fl. 1517.

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Letter of Andrea Corsali, with additional material
 
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Physical Description
  • 6 cm. (3 v.)
Published
  • 1516-1989.
Language
  • Italian

Edition details

Title
  • Letter of Andrea Corsali, 1516-1989 [electronic resource] : with additional material.
Creator
  • Corsali, Andrea, fl. 1517.
Other Creators
  • Medici, Giuliano de.
Published
  • 1516-1989.
Physical Description
  • 6 cm. (3 v.)
Subjects
Time Period
  • 1516
Summary
  • The manuscript is a contemporary copy of "Lettera di Andrea Corsali allo Illustrissimo Signore Duca Juliano de Medici, Venuta Dellindia del mese di Octobre Nel M.D. XVI". It was prepared for Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice from 1523. It provides the only known narrative of a Portuguese voyage in 1515 down the African coast, around the Cape of Good Hope, and into the Southern and Indian Oceans, making landfall at Goa on the Indian coast, later travelling down to Cochin at the foot of India. After rounding the Cape, Corsali observed the curious behaviour of an unrecorded group of Stars (the Southern Cross) which he described and illustrated. The letter was sent from Cochin to his patron, Giuliano de Medici, in Florence (15 pages, the last page blank). Also two volumes of research material: 'The Corsali manuscript', Horden House, 1989. 'The Corsali manuscript research notes', Horden House, 1989.
Biography
  • Corsali was a Florentine under the patronage of the Medici family in the Service of the Portuguese. See "The Corsali manuscript", Horden House, 1989.
Notes
  • Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 7860.
  • The original manuscript is privately owned. It was on loan to the National Library of Australia until October 2003, then lent to the State Library of New South Wales.
  • Contemporary copy (1516-1523) on vellum.
  • Includes additional typescript material.
  • Electronic reproduction. Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2003. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • In Italian.
Language
  • Italian
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