A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s4.10

c17.s4.10

The great interest of Nuniz's narrative lies in the fact that it is the only detailed account extant. Barros related the events in historical fashion, taking his facts from this very chronicle; but he was never in India, and his brief summary is altogether wanting in the power and force contained in the graphic story of Nuniz. The other Portuguese writers pass over the war very lightly. It appears as if it hardly concerned them, further than that at its close Ruy de Mello seized the mainlands near Goa.