The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series)
Cambridge University Press, 10/1/2010
EAN 9781108014748, ISBN10: 1108014747
Paperback, 220 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in Portuguese
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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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. Volume 1 contains chapters 1–40 of the Chronicle.
Editors' preface
The life and writings of Azurara
Azurara's chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea, chapters I-XL.