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1601
MABRIAN, Les proesses et vaillances du redouté Mabrian, roy de Ierusalem et de Inde la Maiour, Rouen: Rinsart, 1601
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There are a number of print editions of this book, from 1570 to 1625, listed in the British Library main catalogue. The URL is for
Les Provesses Et Vaillances du Redoute Mabrian, lequel fut Roy de Jerusalem, & de l’Inde, la Maiour, Troyes: Oudot, 1625, 226 pp.
There is no page numbering in the text. Inde is mentioned throughout the text, however no recognisable places are mentioned. It seems to be a work of fiction.
1602
FROES, L et PIMENTA, N. Relations des Pères Loys Froes et Nicolas Pimenta,… au R. P. Claude Aquaviva,… concernant l’accroissement de la foy chrestienne au Jappon et autres contrées des Indes Orientales ès années 1596 et 1599,… Lettres du Iappon de l’an 1596 escrites par le P. Loys Froes. Lettres du père Nicolas Pimante… datées de Goa le 21 décembre 1599. Lyon: Jean Pillehotte, 1602, 306pp.
Google Books
The book is in 2 parts. Part 1, 1 to 175pp, are letters from Luiz Froes about Japan and does not mention India. Part 2, 114pp, has a separate frontpiece (187p on Google) and page numbering and are the letters from Nicolas Pimante to Claude Aquinaviva from Goa, dated 21 December 1599. The letters are about the church in Inde and Pegu and mention Goa, Cochin, Zamorin, Bengal, Negapatan, Ganges, Siripur, Malabar, Coromandel and multiple other places.
1603
MAFFIE, Giovanni Pietro. Histoires des Indes, de Iean Pierre Maffee bergamesque, de la Societé de Iesus. Où il est traicté de leur descouuerte, navigation, & conqueste faicte tant par les portugais que castillans. Ensemble de leurs mœurs, ceremonies, loix, gouuernemens, & reduction à la foy catholique. Traduict par F.A.D.L.B. Lyon: Jean Pillehotte, 1603, 1005pp.
Google Books
The book is divided into 16 livres with continuous page numbering. The book uses “Indes” in the general sense and does not mention Indes Orientales as such, however it does discuss Africa, Bresil, Japon and Inde. There are multiple references to places in Inde throughout the book including Goa, Coromin, Cocin, Guzarates, Coromandel, Malabares, Meliampor, Zamorin, St Thomas, Mangalor, Narsingan, Cananor, Colan, Tanor, Calecut, Brachmanes etc from 49p onwards. There is an extensive index from 945p.
PIMENTA, Nicolau, Les Miracles merveilleux advenus aux Indes Orientales. Au très-reverend P. Claude Aquaviva, Paris: Thierry et Foucault, 1603, 92 pp.
This book is an annual letter from Nicolas Pimenta, visiteur de la province de l’Inde Orientale, dated décembre 1600. The author left Goa in December 1599 for Lahor and Cambaia to meet le Roy de Mogor. He returned on 1 December 1600. There are many references to Zamorin, Cochin, Bengala, Negapatan and Goa, as well as many other missions in Inde.
1604
MARTIN, François (de Vitré), Description d’un voyage faict aux Indes orientales par les François en l’an 1603, Paris: Sonnius, 1604, 134 pp.
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JAVIER, Jéronimo, Nouveaux, advis de royaume de la Chine, du Jappon et de l’estat du Roy de Mogor…& d’autres royaumes des Indes à luy subjects. Tirez de plusieurs lettres, memoires & aduis enuoyez à Rome: et nouuellement traduits d’Italien en François., Paris: Chappelet, 1604, 264 pp.
Gallica
The first 2 sections of the book concern China and Japan with no references to Inde. The section on le Grand Roy de Mogor commences on p. 193 and includes references to other roys such as those of Agra, Calicut, Echebar. The discussion includes elephants, the religious mores of the kingdom, as well as places such as Goa, Surratte, Fatepur, Gange, Lahor. The letters seem to have been written in 1595.
1605
DURET, Claude. Histoire admirable des plantes et herbes esmerveillables et miraculeuses en nature. Paris: Nicolas Buon, 1605, 367pp.
Google Books
Inde and places in Inde are mentioned in this book about plants, which has illustrations. There is one section devoted to “Figuier d’Inde”, 123p, and the section on “Des arbres appellez tristes”, 259-268p, notes that these trees are found in Goa and Malabar and includes other discussion.
1606
ACOSTA, Joseph de, Jesuit. Histoire naturelle et moralle des Indes tant Orientalles qu’Occidentalles….Traduite en François par Robert Regnault Cauxois. Paris: Marc Orry, 1606, 757pp.
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This book is numbered on alternate pages, hence it has 352 numbered pages but 704 pages of written text. It compares and contrasts les Indes Orientales and Occidentales and also describes the remarkable things that can be found in these places such as metals, plants, animals as well as the ceremonies, moeurs, laws, governments and wars of les Indiens. The book seems to concentrate more on Indes Occidentales and America. No places in Inde are mentioned, apart from Goa, 33p, once as a place to travel from Lisbon and Cap de Comorni, 22p. The term Indien is used somewhat loosely to describe people from both Indes.
1607
MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio, Histoire universelle des Indes Orientales, divisée en deux livres, faicte en latin par A. Magini: nouvellement traduicte: contenant la descouverte, navigation, situation et conqueste, faicte tant par les Portugais que par les Castillans, Douay: Fabri, 1607, 156 pp.
Google Books
This book is the second part of a compilation of the Histoire Universelle des Indes Occidentales translated by Wytfliet and Histoire Universelle des Indes Orientales. The 2 livres in the Indes Orientales section have continuous page numbering (76 pp.).
Livre 1 (pp. 1-44): the early chapters review the voyage of Vasque de Gama to Indes via Mozambique, finding un pilote Indien for the voyage to Calicut (p. 16) and meeting the Roy de Calicut. After the return of de Gama to Portugal there is the description of other voyages to Calicut and then to Cochin (p. 30). In 1505 there is a meeting with the Roy de Narsinge (p. 32), and then descriptions of various battles. Goa starts being mentioned from p. 36. Although there are some chapters on Malaca, Livre 1 concentrates on Inde.
Livre 2 (pp. 45-72) has sections on other countries in Indes Orientales such as Japan, China, Borneo etc., as well as Bengals (p. 62), Malabar (p. 65), Cranganor (p. 67), Narsinde & Decan (p. 68) and Cambaia (p. 70).
After Livre 2 there is another book with a separate frontispiece called La suite de l’histoire des Indes Orientales, de la conversion des Indiens. Douay: Fabri, 1607, 80 pp.
This book includes a chapter on Goa (p. 9), Cocin (p. 15), Damana, Coulan, Cap de Comorin plus other towns, including Macao. Later in this book there is a description of the conversion to the Indes Occidentales and the final pages are a list of chapters and the contents for the Indes Orientales books.
1608
MAGALIANES, Diego de, Las conversion de trois grands rois infideles, de la secte Mahomet, Paris: le Feure, 1608, 16 pp.
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This seems to be a later version/copy of Nouueaux aduertissemens tres certains venus du paÿs des Indes Meridionales: Contenans la conversion de trois grans Roys infidelles, de la secte Mahommet, convertis et baptisez, avec tous leurs subjects: et suiuans à present nostre saincte Foy Chrestienne. Pour Jean Dallier libraire, Paris 1571.
The book is a chronicle of a voyage to a number of places: Manado, Isle de Saguine, Cauripe, Goa, Cocin, Margone, Porcada. Three Roys were baptised. The final sentence: Ecrit aux Indes en l’Isle de Madere le 17 jour d’Aout 1570.
1609
GOUVEA, Antonio de, Bishop of Cyrene, Histoire orientale des grans progres de l’Eglise Cathol. Apost. & Rom. en la reduction des anciens chrestiens dits de S. Thomas, de plusieurs autres schismatiques & heretiques a l’union de la vrai Eglise. Conversion encor des Mahometains, Mores & Payens, 2 vols, Anvers: Verdussen, 1609, 950 pp.
Google Books
This book is divided into 3 livres, each with separate chapter numbering. Livre 1 (pp. 1-360); Livre 2 (pp. 361-572); Livre 3 (pp. 573-748). From p. 749 there is a separate part with separate page numbering on La messe des anciens chrestiens which has both French and Latin text.
There are multiple references to Inde and places in Inde in this book. As the book is about the Roman Catholic Church in Inde, Goa and the Archevesques de Goa are mentioned throughout and includes their visits to multiple other places in Inde where there were churches – Cochin, Cassanor, Malipur, Calicut, Travancor, Cranganor, Malabar etc.
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