The History and Description of Africa by Leo Africanus, Rober... - 9781108012881

Name: The History and Description of Africa by Leo Africanus, Rober... - 9781108012881
Brand: Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus

The History and Description of AfricaAnd of the Notable Things Therein Contained\nAuthor(s): Leo Africanus, Robert Brown, John Pory\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108012881, 978-1108012881\nSynopsis\nThe 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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Leo Africanus (c. 1494c. 1554) was an Arab diplomat captured by Spanish corsairs in 1518 and taken to Rome. He was later released by Pope Leo X and enjoyed papal patronage until he left Rome in 1527. This work describes the region of north Africa known as the Maghreb and was considered the .