![]() ![]() ![]() The present copy is one of four exemplars of the 1572 edition held in the National Library of Portugal. The first edition was produced by Antonio Gonçalves, who was active in Lisbon from about 1566 to 1576, mainly as a printer of religious books. Each stanza is written in ten-syllable lines, and uses the rhyme scheme known as ottava rima (ABABABCC). The poem is comprised of ten cantos, each with a variable number of stanzas. Composed by the poet, soldier, and sailor Luís de Camões (circa 1524-80), the poem celebrates the great Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) and the achievements of Portugal and its people in venturing out into the Atlantic, rounding the tip of Africa, and forging a path to India. Presented here is the first printed edition of Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads), the national epic of Portugal, published in Lisbon in 1572. ![]()
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