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Conquests & discoveries of Henry the Navigator; being the Chronicles of Azurara,

Title
Conquests & discoveries of Henry the Navigator; being the Chronicles of Azurara, edited by Virginia de Castro e Almeida; with a preface by Marshal Lyautey; translated by Bernard Miall.
Author
Zurara, Gomes Eanes de, approximately 1410-1473 or 1474.
Publication
London, G. Allen & Unwin, ltd. [1936]

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Additional Authors
  • Castro e Almeida, Virginia de, 1874-
  • Miall, Bernard, 1876-1953,
Description
253 p., 1 l. front. (port.) pl., map.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Africa, Portuguese-speaking
  • Ceuta (Morocco) > History
  • Guinea > Discovery and exploration
  • Henry, Infante of Portugal, 1394-1460
  • John I, King of Portugal, 1357-1433
Note
  • "Translated from the first French edition o Chroniques de Gomes Eannes de Azurara, in the series 'Les grands navigateurs et colons portugais du XVe et du XVIe siècles: anthologie des écrits de lʼépoque par Virginia de Castro et Almeida' ... Paris, 1934."- p. [4]
  • An abridgment of the Portuguese originals, Chronica do descobrimento e conquista de Guiné ... illustrada com algumas notas pelo visconde de Santarem ... Pariz, 1841, 3. pte.; and Chronica de el-rei d. João I, por Fernão Lopez, 3. pte., "em que se contem a Tomada de Ceuta, composta por Gomes Eannes de Azurara." (cf. the edition of Lisbon, 1897-1900)
Call Number
DT329.C5
LCCN
36015389
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library