The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea 2 Volume Paperback Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-01521-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 634 Seiten, Format (B × H): 218 mm x 146 mm, Gewicht: 836 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Gomes Eanes de Zurara (c.1410–1474) was a Portuguese writer appointed to chronicle the life of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) and the expeditions he sponsored. Zurara's chronicle of the discovery of Guinea appeared in this two-volume English translation in 1896–1899. The editors' preface includes an account of the voyages of exploration along the African coast sponsored by Prince Henry until 1448, together with biographical information about the author.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zurara, Gomes Eanes de

Weitere Mitwirkende

Beazley, Charles Raymond

Prestage, Edgar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Editors' preface; The life and writings of Azurara; Azurara's chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea, chapters I-XL. Volume 2: Introduction; Chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea, chapters XLI-XCVII.