1542. Carta do doutor Jorge, médico, para o doutor Jorge Henriques, seu primo.

Family letter from dr. Jorge, doctor, to dr. Jorge Henriques, his cousin.

The author reports various events and misfortunes that happened to him during the military expedition against Algiers.

This is one of the letters in the collection "Corpo Cronológico", a documental fund under the custody of the National Archive of Torre do Tombo. It is a collection composed mostly by documentation of judicial and administrative nature, from 1161 to 1696. After the earthquake of 1755 many scattered documents were incorporated in this fund. Just like the name suggests, the main criterion of organization within the Corpo Cronológico is the documents' date.