Os Lusíadas | The Lusiads

An unprecedented version of the greatest work in Portuguese of all time. "Os Lusíadas"/ "The Lusiads" brings together the epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões with the translation carried out in 1880 by Sir Richard Francis Burton, considered one of the greatest British scholars and translators of all time.

More than a literary work, it can be said to be a work of art, such was the author's commitment to keeping it with this formal regularity. Considered the greatest epic poem in the Portuguese language, it was published in 1572, with the support of King D. Sebastião. The poem tells stories about dangerous sea voyages and the discovery of new lands, peoples and cultures, exalting the heroism of man, who, navigator, adventurer, gentleman and lover, is also fearless and brave, and faces unknown seas in search of his own. goals. It is the Portuguese epic par excellence, it is the reference or summary book of the History and uniqueness of Portugal in the world. It is a synthesis of the History of Portugal, whilst narrating the discovery of the sea route to the East by Vasco da Gama.