History and Description of Africa And of the Notable Things Therein Contained

Name: History and Description of Africa And of the Notable Things Therein Contained
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ISBN: 9781108012881

ISBN-10: 1108012884

ISBN-13: 9781108012881

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Authors: Leo Africanus, Robert Brown, John Pory

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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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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…

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List price: $54.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/3/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English