The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520, W

ISBN-13: 9781409424925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 640 str.

C.F. Beckingham;G.W.B. Huntingford

Opis

This is an account of the Portuguese mission which landed at Massawa on the west coast of the Red Sea in April 1520 and re-embarked 6 years later. It was the first European embassy known to have reached the Ethiopian court and returned safely from it. It was a small group of fourteen, among whom was the chronicler Alvares, who wrote the most detailed early account of the country, valuable for Ethiopian history and the history of the expansion of Europe. Alvares's account was translated into English for the Hakluyt Society by Lord Stanley in 1881. This revision makes use of sources since discovered, corrects certain errors, and modifies the style of the early version. There is an introduction, detailed annotation and a number of appendices. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volumes first published in 1961.

Spis treści

Contents: Volume I: Introduction; Note on transliteration; Summary of the Portuguese journey from Massawa to Shoa in 1520; A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Chapters I-LXXXVIII Volume II: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Chapters LXXXIX-CXLII; The Journey from the Country of the Prester John to Portugal, Chapters I-IX; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

C.F. Beckingham