Fernandes, Valentim. 150x. "Descripçam De Cepta Por Sua Costa De Mauritania E Ethiopia (Codex Monacensis Hispanicus 27)."
ELP ID
44527
Source type
phdthesis
Author
Fernandes, Valentim
Free Text Citation
Fernandes, Valentim. 150x. "Descripçam De Cepta Por Sua Costa De Mauritania E Ethiopia (Codex Monacensis Hispanicus 27)."
Year
150
Note
Early unpublished account of the Guinea coast, apparently compiled from various sources, e.g. Gomes de Zurara, Alvise da Càda Mosto, Diogo Gomes, and others. The “larger part appears to come from a single author otherwise unknown, whose name is given as Alvaro Velho” (Hair 1966:10). Contains much information about the Jolof, as well as lexical specimens from several West African languages.
School
Bayerische Staats-Bibl.