The History and Description of Africa

And of the Notable Things Therein Contained

By:

Leo Africanus

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Leo Africanus (c. 1494–c. 1554) was an Arab diplomat captured by Spanish corsairs in 1518 and taken to Rome. He was later released by Pope Leo X and enjoyed papal patronage until he left Rome in 1527. This work describes the region of north Africa known as the Maghreb, and was considered the most authoritative account of the cultures, religions and politics of this region until the start of European exploration in the nineteenth century. Volume 3 describes Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Sudanic Africa.

Release date Australia

June 3rd, 2010

Author

Leo Africanus

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Contributors

Edited by Robert Brown
Translated by John Pory

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

436

Series

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9781108012904

Product ID

7015319

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