Epic poem · 1655

The Lusiad, or Portugals Historicall Poem

Os Lusíadas

by Luís de Camões

Translated by Sir Richard Fanshawe (1655)

Camões's national epic of Vasco da Gama's voyage to India and the story of Portugal, in ten cantos of ottava rima, first Englished by Sir Richard Fanshawe in 1655.

Contents · 10 parts

• Canto 1about 850 lines
• Canto 2about 900 lines
• Canto 3about 1140 lines
• Canto 4about 830 lines
• Canto 5about 800 lines
• Canto 6about 790 lines
• Canto 7about 700 lines
• Canto 8about 790 lines
• Canto 9about 760 lines
• Canto 10about 1250 lines

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