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Epitome rerum gestarum in India a Lusitanis, anno superiori, : iuxta exemplum epistolae, quam Nonius Cugna, dux Indiae max. designatus, ad regem misit, ex vrbe Cananorio, IIII. Idus Octobris. Anno. M.D.XXX.

Resende, André de, 1498-1573 · 1531 · Louanii : apud Seruatium Zassenum · 1 picture

This is a 1531 Latin account of Portuguese campaigns in India, written by André de Resende and printed at Louvain by Servatius Zassenus for a learned European readership, with the imprint drawn from a letter sent to the king from Cannanore. The one picture is a printed coat-of-arms engraving: an armorial shield with three animal heads on a chevron, a bird crest above, and scrolling acanthus-like mantling framing it, with a ribbon labelled GAUDEO beneath. A designer might take its symmetrical heraldic framing, the stacked crest and mantling, and the scroll border as models for emblems or badges.

Portuguese · India -- History -- 1526-1765 · Portugal -- History · Imprint 1531

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