Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas

The Portuguese chronicler Diogo do Couto, in one of his Décadas da Ásia concluded in 1600, includes a chapter entitled «De como Francisco de Gale foi por ordem de ElRey descubrir a Costa da nova Hespanha de 40. gráos pera sima: e da derrota que levou desde o porto de Acapulco até Japão, e dahi até t...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Rui Manuel Loureiro
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau 2019
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40060/2600
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description The Portuguese chronicler Diogo do Couto, in one of his Décadas da Ásia concluded in 1600, includes a chapter entitled «De como Francisco de Gale foi por ordem de ElRey descubrir a Costa da nova Hespanha de 40. gráos pera sima: e da derrota que levou desde o porto de Acapulco até Japão, e dahi até tornar ao mesmo porto», indicating that he had access to a travel account written by the navigator himself, which had been sent to the viceroy of New Spain. Who was this Francisco Gali, who in 1584–1585 accomplished the singular feat of guiding a ship across the Pacific Ocean in both directions, following routes seldom used by Spanish vessels, on the passage between Acapulco and Manila? And how did his account reach the hands of Diogo do Couto? Could there be any connection with a handwritten itinerary preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, which coincides with the version of the voyage that Couto transmits? Such is the purpose of this text: to systematize the available information on Francisco Gali, to contextualize his adventurous peregrinations, and to uncover the channels of circulation of the itinerary he produced, which enjoyed extraordinary European success through its publication in Jan Huygen van Linschoten's Reys-gheschrift in 1595. In addition, the manuscript held at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal is published in the appendix.
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The Portuguese chronicler Diogo do Couto, in one of his Décadas da Ásia concluded in 1600, includes a chapter entitled «De como Francisco de Gale foi por ordem de ElRey descubrir a Costa da nova Hespanha de 40. gráos pera sima: e da derrota que levou desde o porto de Acapulco até Japão, e dahi até tornar ao mesmo porto», indicating that he had access to a travel account written by the navigator himself, which had been sent to the viceroy of New Spain. Who was this Francisco Gali, who in 1584–1585 accomplished the singular feat of guiding a ship across the Pacific Ocean in both directions, following routes seldom used by Spanish vessels, on the passage between Acapulco and Manila? And how did his account reach the hands of Diogo do Couto? Could there be any connection with a handwritten itinerary preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, which coincides with the version of the voyage that Couto transmits? Such is the purpose of this text: to systematize the available information on Francisco Gali, to contextualize his adventurous peregrinations, and to uncover the channels of circulation of the itinerary he produced, which enjoyed extraordinary European success through its publication in Jan Huygen van Linschoten's Reys-gheschrift in 1595. In addition, the manuscript held at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal is published in the appendix.
Instituto Cultural de Macau
Macau
Review of Culture
Articles
2019
Diogo do Couto
Francisco Gali
Intertextualidade.
Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Literatura de viagens
Oceano Pacífico
Rui Manuel Loureiro
spellingShingle Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
Rui Manuel Loureiro
Diogo do Couto
Francisco Gali
Intertextualidade.
Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Literatura de viagens
Oceano Pacífico
title Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
title_autocomplete Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
title_full Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
title_fullStr Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
title_full_unstemmed Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
title_short Inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático Francisco Gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
title_sort inquérito sobre um navegador enigmático francisco gali e as suas viagens transpacíficas
topic Diogo do Couto
Francisco Gali
Intertextualidade.
Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Literatura de viagens
Oceano Pacífico
topic_autocomplete Diogo do Couto
Francisco Gali
Intertextualidade.
Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Literatura de viagens
Oceano Pacífico
topic_facet Diogo do Couto
Francisco Gali
Intertextualidade.
Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Literatura de viagens
Oceano Pacífico
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