_ 197 _ On the occasion of this expedition the rules of navigation for the maritime route to India were established. They were set out in an un-dated regimento [written instruction] intended for a captain who has not been identified, but whom one can recognize as Lopo Soares on reading the chronicles; more than that the instructions contained in this document cross-check and complete those that can be found in the texts of Castanheda and the BM Anonymous(A). Afonso de Albuquerque en 1503-1504 and was lost at sea (Giovanni da Empoli in Ramusio, f.158 a). This list, established according to the data in the Inventory of 1505 and some appended documents, allows us to expose the errors and gaps in those drawn up in the 17th Century (Figuereido Falcâo, Livro em que se contem toda a fazenda... p.140; Ementas da Casa da India, 1.c., p.5; Manuel Xavier, Compêndio universal de todas as naos, galleões, urcas e caravellas que partirão de Lisboa para a India oriental e tornarâo da India para Portugal, Nova Goa, 1917; Simão Ferreira Pais, Recopilacçâo das famosas armadas portuguesas, (1497-1650), ed. D. I. Afonso da Costa, Rio de Janeiro, 1937) and which have up to now served as the basis for historians' work. Thus, Quirino da Fonseca, who used these sources, was only able to mention for this expedition the "Sant' Antonio" and the "Rey Grande" (Os Portugueses no mar, Memórias históricas e arqueológicas das naus de Portugal, Lisbon, 1926, p.158 and 697). (A) Regimento of Lopo Soares, CA, III, p.187; BM Anonymous, p. 116; Castanheda, I/90, p. 191-192. These are allusions to the incidents of the second voyage to India of Vasco da Gama which allow us to establish the date of the regimento, that is after his return (September 1503). This document
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