The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
Author | : G.R. Crone |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317012016 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317012011 |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century written by G.R. Crone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation and edition. The additional documents, in translation, comprise a letter by Antoine Malfante, 1447, an account of the voyages of Diogo Gomes, c. 1456, and extracts from João de Barros, Decadas de Asia. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1937. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the map of "North-western Africa in the fifteenth century" which appeared in the first edition of the work.