An Illustrated Guide to Goa, the Rome of the East, with a Brief Life of Francis Xavier

208pp, with one coloured fold out map and six further monochrome plate illustrations. In printed paper covers. 12mo. Front cover and text block edges heavily worn, rubbed at edges, rounding on corners, chipped and creased along spine, rear cover absent. Internally, barring some rubbing at page edges and a few mild signs of fingering, neat, clean, bright and tight - remarkably so given the absence of the rear cover. An evocative and informative guide to and history of Goa, India, from over a hundred years ago. Sections on, for instance, From Bombay to Pangim - the Sea Route; Old Goa; Arch of the Viceroys; Convent of St Cajetan; The Square of St Francis Xavier; Priory of the Rosary; The Suburbs of the Old City; Etymology of Goa; The National Congress of Portuguese Goa; Capital Punishment in Goa; Some Grottos or Underground Temples; The Life of Francis Xavier; History of the Expositions etc. A battered old guide, in no better than fair condition, but a fascinating insight to the history of Goa as seen as the outset of the 20th century.