Description: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Europe under Charles Flowering of the Renaissance Spain under Philip II Portugal under Manuel I and John III Publication History of the Book Translations Summary of the Text Influences The Historical Author Satire and the Fictive Author A Note on the Translation 1. The Early Years 2. The Passage to India 3. A Renegade in the Red Sea 4. The Land of Prester John 5. Captive in Mocha 6. On the Slave Block 7. The Siege of Diu 8. Impressment at Sea 9. The Queen of Honowar 10. Defeat at Honowar 11. The Queen''s Treachery 12. Departure for Malacca 13. The Battak Envoy 14. Through the Jungles of Sumatra 15. At the Court of the Battak 16. Observing the Battak at War 17. The Battak Army in Retreat 18. The Battak''s Warning 19. A Malay Tyrant 20. The Elusive Isle of Gold 21. The Ambassador from Aaru 22. The Aaru on the Eve of War 23. Shipwrecked off the Island of Sumatra 24. Captive in Siak 25. Back in Malacca 26. The Achinese Threat to Portuguese Power 27. The Death of the King of Aaru 28. The Queen of Aaru Seeks Revenge 29. The Queen of Aaru in Malacca 30. The Queen of Aaru Departs in Anger 31. Jantana Lays Claim to Aaru 32. Jantana and Achin at War 33. Rescue at Sea 34. Tome Lobo in Danger 35. Murder of the King of Pahang 36. Disaster in the Harbor of Lugor 37. Lady of the Swamp 38. Antonio de Faria Swears Vengeance 39. In Search of Khoja Hassim 40. Pirates off the Coast of Champa 41. Exploring Champa 42. Night Raid off Hainan Island 43. The Armenian''s Story 44. The Pearl Fishers of Quemoy 45. Gathering Information in Hainan 46. Encounter with a Chinese Pirate 47- The Unlucky Bride 48. No Word of the Lord 49. Problems Unloading the Cargo 50. Victory in the Madel River 51. The Corsair''s Confession 52. King of the Sea 53. Shipwreck off the Isle of Thieves 54. Marooned 55. A Precocious Child 56. Partners in Piracy 57. News of Khoja Hassim 58. Preparations for the Attack 59. A Glorious Victory 60. After the Battle 61. Grounded on the Coast of China 62. The Storm''s Ravages 63. The Prisoners of Nouday 64. The Mandarin''s Reply 65. The Sack of Nouday 66. Pirates at the Gates of Ning-po 67. A Message from Ning-po 68. Antonio de Faria''s Reception in Ning-po 69. The Vicar of Ning-po 70. A Banquet in Honor of Antonio de Faria 71. The Voyage to Calempluy 72. A Doubtful Course 73. Of Men and Beasts 74. Similau Disappears 75. The Fabulous Isle of Calempluy 76. Desecration of the Tombs 77. The Old Hermit of Calempluy 78. The Hermit Spreads the Alarm 79. Antonio de Faria Meets His End 80. Castaways in China 81. The Wayside Shelter 82. Thrown to the Leeches 83. An Upper-Class Chinese Family 84. Arrested in Taypor 85. Transferred to Nanking 86. Legal Aid for the Poor 87. A Letter of Recommendation 88. The City of Nanking 89. The Pagoda of Pocasser 90. The Great Albuquerque Defamed 91. Inez de Leiria 92. The Legend of Nanc 93. The Child Prophet 94. The Founding of Peking 95. The Great Wall of China 96. The Submerged City 97. Business and Trade Practices in China 98. The Floating Cities of China 99. More about the Wonders of China 100. Arrival in Peking 101. A Favorable Ruling 102. Of Judges and Influence 103. Sentenced to Hard Labor 104. The Kindly Captain of Quansy 105. The Splendors of Peking 106. Chinese Banqueting Houses 107. Sightseeing in Peking 108. Prison of the Outcasts 109. Treasure House of the Dead 110. The Shrine of the Queen of Heaven 111. The Shrine of the 113 Kings 112. Social Welfare in China 113. Provisions against Famine 114. Farewell to Peking 115. A Point of Honor 116. A Chance Encounter with Vasco Calvo 117. The Tartar Invasion 118. Jorge Mendes Takes a Chance 119. A Portuguese Hero among the Tartars 120. On to Peking with the Tartars 121. Summoned in Audience 122. The Tartar King 123. The Tartars Lift the Siege 124. At the Tartar Court 125. Jorge Mendes Stays Behind 126. Departure from Tartary 127. A Heathen Pope 128. En Route to Cochinchina 129. Death on the Suicide Pyre 130. The Tartar Ambassador at the Court of Cochin 131. The Cochinese King Returns in Triumph 132. The Discovery of Japan 133. The Inquisitive Prince of Tanegashima 134. How Firearms Came to Japan 135. The King of Bungo 136. A Shooting Accident 137. The Prince''s Recovery 138. Shipwreck off the Ryukyu Islands 139. Arrested for Piracy 140. Under Sentence of Death 141. The Compassionate Women of the Ryukyus 142. The Dowager Queen of the Ryukyus 143. A Brief Description of the Ryukyu Islands 144. Mission to Martaban 145. The Pathetic Little King 146. A Throne of Straw 147. Arrival in Martaban 148. The Siege of Martaban 149. Martaban Capitulates 150. The Surrender Ceremony 151. The Sack of Martaban 152. The Burmese Tyrant''s Revenge 153. Betrayed by a Portuguese Nobleman 154. The Burmese Attack Prome 155. The Fall of Prome 156. The Fall of Meleitay 157. New Military Alliances 158. Journey to the Land of the Calaminhan 159. The Pagoda of Tinagogo 160. The Festival of Xipatilau 161. The Frightful Penitents of Tinagogo 162. Encounter with a Portuguese Woman 163. At the Palace of the Calaminhan 164. News of the Redeemer 165. A Brief Description of the Calaminhan''s Empire 166. Strange Races and Places 167. Funeral Rites for the Holy Rolim 168. Election of the New Rolim 169. The New Rolim Ascends the Holy Throne 170. Escape from Burmese Captivity 171. Back in Goa 172. The Ambassadress from Java 173. The Javanese Lay Siege to Pasuruan 174. The Amucks Sally Forth 175. The Pasuruans Attack Again 176. A Portuguese Renegade 177. A Young Assassin 178. Anarchy in Demak 179. Struggle over a Life Raft 180. Ransomed from Slavery 181. Portuguese Mercenaries in Siam 182. The King of Siam Poisoned by the Queen 183. The Good King of Siam 184. The Queen and Her Lover Usurp the Throne 185. The Burmese Invade Siam 186. The Siege of Ayuthia 187. The Final Burmese Assault 188. Rebellion in Pegu 189. The Marvelous Kingdom of Siam 190. The Burmese Tyrant Assassinated 191. The Abominable Crime of Diogo Soares 192. Stoned by the Mob 193. The Xemindo Proclaimed King of Pegu 194. The Burmese Recapture Pegu 195. Permission to Sack Pegu Denied 196. The Chaumigremh''s Triumphant Entry into Pegu 197. The Xemindo Captured and Condemned 198. The Execution of the Xemindo 199. Funeral Rites for the Xemindo 200. The Second Voyage to Japan 201. The Prince Avenges His Father''s Death 202. Two Japanese Passengers Taken Aboard 203. With Francis Xavier in Malacca 204. Repairing the Fleet 205. Diogo Soares Saves the Day 206. Victory in the Perlis River 207. Francis Xavier''s Revelation 208. Francis Xavier in Japan 209. An Invitation from the King of Bungo 210. At the Court of Bungo 211. Francis Xavier and the Japanese Bonzes 212. Theological Disputations 213. The Disputations Continue 214. The Miracle of

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