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, written by Father Francisco Alvares. Volume I

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ID9329307
AuthorsG W B Huntingford
EditorsC F Beckingham
Year2017
Pages640
Publication date2017-07-05
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePrester John of the Indies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315085517
OpenAlexW2898298867
Open LibraryOL53982678M
ISBN9781315085517
LanguageEN
Citations received8

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

Ethnology · Geography · West indies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · description and travel · Descriptions et voyages · Early works to 1800 · Ethiopia · Marine marchande · Merchant marine · Naufrages · Prester john (legendary character) · Shipwrecks · Spain & Portugal · Travel

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