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The Cosmography And Geography Of Africa Leo Africanus

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The Cosmography And Geography Of Africa Leo Africanus
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 11.47 MB
Pages: 531
Author: Leo Africanus
ISBN: 9780141998824, 9780241543931, 0241543932, 0141998822
Language: English
Year: 2023

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The Cosmography And Geography Of Africa Leo Africanus by Leo Africanus 9780141998824, 9780241543931, 0241543932, 0141998822 instant download after payment.

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance
In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean. Brought before Pope Leo X, he was persuaded to convert to Christianity, in the process taking the name Johannes Leo Africanus. Acclaimed in the papal court for his learning, Leo would in time write his masterpiece, The Cosmography and the Geography of Africa.
The Cosmography was the first book about Africa, and the first book written by a modern African, to reach print. It would remain central to the European understanding of Africa for over 300 years, with its descriptions of lands, cities and peoples giving a singular vision of the vast continent: its urban bustle and rural desolation, its culture, commerce and warfare, its magical herbs and strange animals.
Yet it is not a mere catalogue of the exotic: Leo also invited his readers to...

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