Pinto’s first voyage was with fleet commanded by the son of Vasco da Gamain 1537, which stopped in Ethiopia where he was supposedly captured and sold as a slave repeatedly.
Better known for his travels in Asia, Pinto departed for the Orient in 1539, travelling to to Malacca, Burma, Peking, Japan and Siam. Although he claimed to have been with the first European party to set foot in Japan, this is unlikely as he first arrived there in 1545 (Diego Zeimoto, the Portuguese navigator, preceded him in 1542.)
This work includes brief accounts of most of the places he visited as well as a short biography of St Francis Xavier. Cordier Japonica, 37-38; Cordier Sinica III, 2067; Howgego I, P99.
