Prester John of the Indies - A True Relation of Lands of Prester John, Being Narrative of

List of contents

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.

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C.F. Beckingham

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: C. F. Beckingham, C. F. Huntingford Beckingham, C.F. Beckingham, G. W. B. Huntingford, G.W.B. Huntingford
• Assisted by: C.F. Beckingham (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9781409424925
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-2492-5
• Series: Hakluyt Society, Second Series; Hakluyt Society, Second Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology