# Albuquerque 1880: The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India, vol. III > Brás de Albuquerque, Walter de Gray (translator) Birch, 1880. 16 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary narrative of the loss; the only… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2BHCFE2WYG/the-commentaries-of-the-great-afonso-dalboquerque-second Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Flor de la Mar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar)Albuquerque 1880 **0** # The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India, vol. III Brás de Albuquerque, Walter de Gray (translator) Birch, 1880. _Hakluyt Society, first series no. 62, London (translated from the Lisbon edition of 1774)_. The account compiled by Albuquerque's son from his father's letters, first printed in 1557. Volume III covers Malacca: chapter XLII tells how the governor, sailing for India, "was wrecked on some shallows off the coast of Sumatra, and miraculously saved", reaching the Trindade on a raft; chapter XLIII tells "what was lost in the ship Flor de la Mar". Birch's notes quote Gaspar Correia's Lendas da Índia, which has the governor leaving Malacca on 1 December 1511 and reaching Cochin in January 1512. **Flor de la Mar** BookCopy of **[Comentários do grande Afonso de Albuquerque (1557; 1774 edition; Birch translation 1875 to 1884)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/artifacts/ART0D2BHRP20PJN/comentarios-do-grande-afonso-de-albuquerque-1557-1774)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary narrative of the loss; the only description of the cargo. ## The document 393 pages [Pages]Page 1 of 393 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p12)12] ![Page 1 of The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India, vol. III](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. Pages from the file we keep. ## Cited by on this site 16 records [A selection of valuable objects and gifts (the bracelet, the bronze lions, Malacca palace goods) and a share…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/answers/ANS0D2BHNGG4522/a-selection-of-valuable-objects-and-gifts-the-bracelet-the) Answer ANS [Closer to Pasai (Pacem), where survivors from the junk made landfall and where the Portuguese had contacts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/answers/ANS0D2BHM1M1ZS3/closer-to-pasai-pacem-where-survivors-from-the-junk-made) Answer ANS [Comentários do grande Afonso de Albuquerque (1557; 1774 edition; Birch translation 1875 to 1884)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/artifacts/ART0D2BHRP20PJN/comentarios-do-grande-afonso-de-albuquerque-1557-1774) ART [Comentários do grande Afonso de Albuquerque (1557; 1774 edition; Birch translation 1875 to 1884): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/copies/CPY0D2BHRXW1KP8/comentarios-do-grande-afonso-de-albuquerque-1557-1774) CPY [Chapter XLIII of the Commentaries lists what was lost by naming objects (a bracelet, bronze lions) and what…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHNRA4XR1/chapter-xliii-of-the-commentaries-lists-what-was-lost-by) Evidence EVD [Correia, quoted by Birch, has the fleet leaving Malacca on 1 December 1511, after the 20 November date…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHKST6PWQ/correia-quoted-by-birch-has-the-fleet-leaving-malacca-on-1) Evidence EVD [Four mariners from the mutinied junk reached Pasai by boat, so the loss was within reach of it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHM9E6BGF/four-mariners-from-the-mutinied-junk-reached-pasai-by-boat) Evidence EVD [The Commentaries place the wreck on shallows off the coast of Sumatra on the route from Malacca to India,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHKJ068SK/the-commentaries-place-the-wreck-on-shallows-off-the-coast) Evidence EVD [The chronicles say Albuquerque loaded the ship with the plunder of Malacca and gifts for the king.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/evidence/EVD0D2BHN0W1641/the-chronicles-say-albuquerque-loaded-the-ship-with-the) Evidence EVD [Albuquerque takes Malacca](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/events/EVT0D2BHHBP0NQ2/albuquerque-takes-malacca) EVT [The Flor de la Mar breaks up on shoals off Sumatra; Albuquerque escapes by raft](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/events/EVT0D2BHHKG5EWD/the-flor-de-la-mar-breaks-up-on-shoals-off-sumatra) EVT [The surviving ships reach Cochin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/events/EVT0D2BHHVA06JS/the-surviving-ships-reach-cochin) EVT [Afonso de Albuquerque](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/people/FIG0D2BHG4M6H39/afonso-de-albuquerque) FIG [The Flor de la Mar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar) The mystery article MYS [What was lost with the ship?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/questions/QST0D2BHJTJ2WPN/what-was-lost-with-the-ship) Question QST [Where did the Flor de la Mar go down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/questions/QST0D2BHJJR6EAM/where-did-the-flor-de-la-mar-go-down) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Albuquerque, B. d., & Birch, W. d. G. (. (1880). The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India, vol. III. Hakluyt Society, first series no. 62, London (translated from the Lisbon edition of 1774). https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46954 ``` [Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46954)[Download PDF · 31 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/4f4a57e005c45178690ad58315caf7be06e7583763adb067cc7a712ef9a0dd39) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D2BHCFE2WYG Kind Book Rights public-domain Kept 26 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2BHCFE2WYG/the-commentaries-of-the-great-afonso-dalboquerque-second/csl.json)