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This text, ostensibly the autobiography of Portugese explorer Fernao Mendes Pinto, came second only to Marco Polo's work in exciting Europe's imagination of the Orient. Chronicling adventures from Ethiopia to Japan, Travels covers twenty years of Mendes Pinto's odyssey as a soldier, a merchant, a diplomat, a slave, a pirate, and a missionary, and continues to overwhelm questions about its source with the sheer enjoyment of its narrative. [T]here is plenty here for the modern reader. . . . The vivid descriptions of swashbuckling military campaigns and exotic locations make this a great adventure story. . . . Mendes Pinto may have been a sensitive eyewitness, or a great liar, or a brilliant satirist, but he was certainly more than a simple storyteller.--Stuart Schwartz, The New York Times"

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Geography Geographical discovery & exploration

• Plný název: Travels of Mendes Pinto
• Autor: Fernao Mendes Pinto
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 752
• EAN: 9780226669519
• ID: 04548388
• Nakladatelství: University of Chicago Press
• Hmotnost: 1555 g
• Rozměry: 250 × 200 × 45 mm
• Datum vydání: 01. May 1989

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