Tomé Pires
Portuguese apothecary
Tomé Pires was a Portuguese apothecary, colonial administrator, and diplomat. In 1510 he was commissioned by the Portuguese court to serve as a "factor of drugs" in India, arriving at Cannanore in 1511. In 1512 he was sent to the port city of... Wikipedia
Books
The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East, from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515 ; and, the book of Francisco Rodrigues, rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps, written and drawn in the East before 1515
1944
The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires
The Suma oriental of Tome Pires, books 1-5
The Suma oriental, book 6. The book of Francisco Rodrigues