Mar, Medo e Morte: aspectos psicológicos dos náufragos na História Trágico-Marítima, nos testemunhos inéditos e noutras fontes

The accounts of shipwrecks that are now known to us as the “Tragic History of the Sea” (História Trágico-Marítima), to use the term first coined by Bernardo Gomes de Brito, the author of the famous 18th-century compilation, have led to the production of an abundant critical bibliography, as is recognized by the author of the two volumes of the work reviewed here. It is worth noting that many of these works have been produced by foreign specialists, including such crucial names for research in this area as Charles R. Boxer and Giulia Lanciani. They gave high praise regarding the originality of these reports in the context of European literature and were also responsible for offering distinct critical approaches to the subject that have usefully revealed the great wealth of this textual corpus.