_ 189 _ we know of. It was probably drawn up at the end of 1505, that is to say at the exact moment when the regulations for overseas trade underwent important modifications(A). In consigning the king's accounts and the share of the profits of the other participants, this inventory makes an interesting contribution to the economic and financial history of the Portuguese empire. Two recently edited texts enable us to give a certain narrative truth to the voyage of Lopo Soares. The first, kept in the British Museum and published by Mr. Luis de Albuquerque presents a version of the events which is a bit different to that in the classic texts(B). The second, discovered in the National Library in Florence by Mr. Avelino Teixeira da Mota, gives an account of the voyage of Antonio de Saldanha who joined Lopo Soares in the Indian seas(C). (A) Cf. Our introduction to the Inventory of 1505, published hereafter, doc/ I. p. 101 [not included in this translation]. (B) Cronica do descobrimento e conquista da India pelos Portugueses, introduction and notes by Luis de Albuquerque, reading by Adelia Lobato, ed. Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia antiga, (86…..), Coimbra, 1974. Simultaneously published in Revista de Ciencias do Homem da Universidade de Lourenco Marques, vol. 5, series B, 1974. We designate this text by the title "British Museum Anonymous". Cf. the following report, p.183-188 (not included in this translation). (C) A Texeira da Mota, A viagem de Antonio de Saldanha em 1503 e a rota
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