The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to. When you travel in portugal and see a painting or statue of a man in medieval armor with one eye closed, you can pretty much count on it being a painting or statue of camoes, who lost an eye as a portuguese soldier. He wrote lyrical poetry in portuguese and in spanish and drama but is best remembered for his epic work os lusiadas. One of the greatest portuguese poets, author of the maritime epic os lusiadas, an account of the exploits of the portuguese navigators, particularly of vasco da gama, and the history of the portuguese people. During this time he worked on his epic poem os lusiadas the lusiads in a grotto. For nothing better can he wish to see than his estate by such brave men possessed. The most sublime figure in the history of portuguese literature, camoes owes his lasting fame to his epic poem os lusiadas, the lusiads. Os lusiadas, usually translated as the lusiads, is a portuguese epic. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read os lusiadas. Contribute to josephinelonejoshjosh development by creating an account on github. The lusiads os lusiadas is a portuguese epic poem, written in the. Lisbon, coimbra or alenquer are frequently presented as his birthplace, although the latter is based on a disputable interpretation of one of his poems. His influence is so profound that portuguese is sometimes simply referred to as the language of camoes.
The work describes the discovery of a sea route to india by vasco da gama. Camoes moved back to lisbon in 1542, where he led a bohemian lifestyle. He has been compared to homer, virgil, dante, cervantes or shakespeare. Purchase of this book includes free trial access to. He probably studied humanities in coimbra, where his uncle d.
Camoes and the first edition of the lusiads os lusiadas, 1572. Mariano marcos state university college of teacher education laoag city lit 105e. The poem tells the tale of the portuguese discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, specially the voyage to india by vasco da gama. May 26, 2010 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Jul 01, 2002 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It is widely regarded as the most important work of portuguese literature and is frequently compared to virgils aeneid 1st c. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of homer, virgil, and dante. V and more he prays him that his port may be made by his ships, at all times, place of rest.
Da gama manages to get free only after agreeing to have all of the goods on the ships brought to shore to be sold. My library help advanced book search download epub download pdf plain text ebook free os lusiadas. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Presented here is the first printed edition of os lusiadas the lusiads, the national epic of portugal, published in lisbon in 1572. The 10 cantos of the poem are in ottava rima and amount to 1,102 stanzas. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. This typeface is created for extensive texts at modest dimensions.