The Cosmography and Geography of Africa by Leo Africanus

The Cosmography and Geography of Africa

Leo Africanus

560 pages digital 1526

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 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 Mediterra...

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