The Travels of Mendes Pinto (Hardcover, New edition)

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"

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1989
First published:	May 1990
Authors:	Fernao Mendes Pinto
Translators:	Rebecca D. Catz
Dimensions:	250 x 200 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	752
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-66951-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > General Books > Travel > General
LSN:	0-226-66951-3
Barcode:	9780226669519

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