The Cosmography and Geography of Africa
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- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2023
Summary
The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance- an African diplomat’s guide to Africa
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 an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241543931 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241543932 |
| Author: | Leo Africanus, Anthony Ossa-Richardson, Richard Oosterhoff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 379g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Leo Africanus
Leo Africanus (Author)
Born al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan in Granada and raised in Fez, Johannes Leo Africanus was a sixteenth-century diplomat and scholar who, in the court of Pope Leo X, produced the first guide to the geography and culture of North Africa, The Cosmography and Geography of Africa.
Anthony Ossa-Richardson (Translator)
Antony Ossa-Richardson is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at University College London. His most recent book is A History of Ambiguity.
Richard Oosterhoff (Translator)
Richard Oosterhoff is Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh, and author of Making Mathematical Culture- University and Print in the Circle of Lef vre d’ taples.
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