Collection K/PP165 - ATAÍDE, António de, 1st Count of Castro-Daire (1567-1647)

Key Information

Reference code

K/PP165

Title

ATAÍDE, António de, 1st Count of Castro-Daire (1567-1647)

Date(s)

  • 1628-1633 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

1 volume

Scope and content

Bound volume containing papers relating to the activities of the Portuguese East India Company, 1628-1633, collected and annotated by Ataíde, and including letters from company representatives at Goa, papers relating to the fitting out and repair of ... »

System of arrangement

1 volume.

General Information

Name of creator

(1567-1647)

Biographical history

Born 1567; participated in the expedition of the Marquês de Santa Cruz to the island of Terceira, 1587; served under Don Martinho de Rivera, General of the Galleys of Spain; served as Captain of Horse; Frontier Commander of Alcobaça; General of the ... »

Archival history

Following Ataíde's death in 1647, his large collection of books and manuscripts were passed by inheritance to his cousins of the Castel-Melhor family. The collection was dispersed in 1878-1879 when the majority of items were sold at auction. The volume ... »

Custodial history

Presented to the Library of King's College London by Sir Henry Joseph Lynch, Kt, via Professor Charles Ralph Boxer, 1949.

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.

Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.

Language of material

  • Portuguese

Finding aids

See publication note

Existence and location of copies

The College Archives, King's College London, also holds a microfilm copy of the text.

Related materials

The British Library, London, holds various papers of Ataíde relating to Portuguese naval activity, including his letters to the Conde-Duque de Olivaries, 1626, and papers relating to Ataíde's trial for the loss of the CONCEIÇÃO, 1621 (refs: MS Egerton 113... »

Publication note

The manuscripts of Ataíde have been extensively described by Professor Charles Ralph Boxer in his article 'The naval and colonial papers of Dom António de Ataíde', republished in Boxer's From Lisbon to Goa, 1500-1750, Studies in Portuguese maritime ... »

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

Archivist's note

Sources: Boxer, op. cit; British Library OPAC; Grande enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira. Compiled by Robert Baxter.