Duarte Barbosa
Duarte Barbosa | |
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Born | c. 1480 |
Died | 1 May 1521 |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Occupation(s) | Writer, scrivener, explorer |
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Duarte Barbosa (c. 1480 – 1 May 1521) was a Portuguese writer and officer from
In 1519, Barbosa embarked on the first expedition to circumnavigate the world, led by his brother-in-law Ferdinand Magellan.[1] Barbosa was killed in 1521, at a banquet held by Rajah Humabon in the Philippines, a few days after the Battle of Mactan on Cebu Island.
Early life
Barbosa's father was Diogo Barbosa. Diogo was a servant of
Career
In 1502, Gonçalo was transferred to
Book of Duarte Barbosa
In 1515, Albuquerque sent Barbosa to Kozhikode to oversee the construction of two ships that would serve on an expedition to the Red Sea under the new governor. Barbosa returned to Portugal and completed his manuscript, Book of Duarte Barbosa. According to Italian writer Giovanni Battista Ramusio's preface, Barbosa completed his manuscript in 1516 with detailed accounts of foreign cultures. Previously known only through the testimony of Ramusio, the original manuscript was discovered and published in the early nineteenth century in Lisbon, Portugal.
Displeased by his position, Barbosa joined several Portuguese meeting in
On 10 August 1519 Duarte Barbosa sailed from Seville on Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation, along with his friend
References
- ISBN 81-206-0451-2.
- ISBN 978-81-206-0451-3.
- Cebu in the Philippines. Transylvanus states that it was João Serrão who mistreated Enrique de Malacca, Magellan's former slave, thereby causing Enrique to plot the massacre; Pigafetta, who did not attend the banquet that served as the trap, blames Duarte Barbosa.
Bibliography
- Duarte Barbosa, ISBN 81-206-0451-2
- Stanley, Henry E. J. ed. and trans. (1866). A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar by Duarte Barbosa. London: Hakluyt Society.
- OCLC 3640216.
External links
- Works by Duarte Barbosa at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Duarte Barbosa at Internet Archive
- Ray, Aniruddha (2012). "Barbosa, Duarte". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- His travelogue is available online in Portuguese:Livro em que dá relação do que viu e ouviu no Oriente, from the Biblioteca Nacional Digital at https://web.archive.org/web/20090303053302/http://purl.pt/435