Duarte Lopez Fi A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and of (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and of the Surrounding CountriesCondition: NewSubtitle: Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez, by Filippo Pigafetta, in Rome, 1591EAN: 9781108082747ISBN: 9781108082747Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/29/2018Description: In this 1591 work, the Italian mathematician Filippo Pigafetta (1533–1604) explains that he was ordered by Pope Sixtus V to transcribe the account of Duarte Lopez, a Portuguese trader who had spent twelve years in the Congo. Lopez had hoped that the pope would give him support in his mission to the Congolese, but this was not forthcoming: he returned to Africa, and was not heard from again. The work was first translated into English by the English antiquary Abraham Hartwell: this translation with notes by Margarite Hutchinson was published in 1881. Lopez's narrative gives a detailed account of his voyage on his uncle's ship, and the history and geography of the kingdom of Congo and its six administrative regions under the rule of its king (named by Lopez 'Don Alvarez'). This fascinating account demonstrates the extent of Portuguese exploration across West Africa in the sixteenth century, of which later explorers were unaware.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 215mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 13mmItem Weight: 240gAuthor: Duarte Lopez, Filippo PigafettaContributor: Margarite Hutchinson (Edited and translated by), Thomas Fowell Buxton (Preface by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: Cambridge Library Collection - African StudiesTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and of the Surrounding Countries

Title: A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and of the Surrounding Countries

Subtitle: Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duart

EAN: 9781108082747

ISBN: 9781108082747

Release Date: 03/29/2018

Release Year: 2018

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Contributor: Thomas Fowell Buxton (Preface by)

Genre: History

Topic: Science Nature & Math

Number of Pages: 206 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Report of the Kingdom of Congo and of the Surrounding Countries : Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez, by Filippo Pigafetta, in Rome 1591

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Item Height: 0.5 in

Subject: Africa / General, Africa / Central

Publication Year: 2018

Item Weight: 8.5 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Filippo Pigafetta, Duarte Lopez

Subject Area: Travel, History

Item Length: 8.5 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Series: Cambridge Library Collection-African Studies

Format: Trade Paperback