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Description edit
An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readers Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Yuhanna Al-asad: Add a description of this character.
- Muslim
- Ibn Khaldun
- Askia Muhammad
- Sultan Selim
- Cardinal Egidio
- Alberto Pio
- Iskandar
- Jacob Mantino
- Pope Leo
- Alexander
- Averroes
- Paolo Giovio
- David
- Ibn Battuta
- Paul
- Muhammad Al-burtughali
- Sura
- Malikite
- Allah
- Charles
- Grassi
- Augustine
- Campo Marzio
- Al-hasan Ibn Muhammad
- Pope Clement Vii
- Ferdinand
- Ibn Khallikan
- Ibn Tumart
- Dar Al-islam
- Manuel
- Gabriel
- Ramusio
- Suleyman
- Raphael
- Giovanni Leone
- Isaac
- Mary
- Carvajal
- Jacob Ben Samuel
- Mugaddima
Setting & Locations edit
- North Africa
- Rome
- Italy
- Cairo
- Tunis
- Europe
- Spain
- Egypt
- Venice
- Egidio Da Viterbo
- Morocco
- Timbuktu
- Istanbul
- Marrakesh
- Asia
- Vatican Library
- Bologna
- France
- Tlemcen
- Atlantic
- High Atlas
- Sahara
- Alexandria
- Songhay
- Syria
- Algiers
- Almohad
- Persia
- Florence
- Jerusalem
- Arabia
- Gao
- Safi
- Libya
- Mucametto
- Middle Atlas
- Mecca
- Ethiopia
- Rif Mountains
- Portugal
- Castel Sant'angelo
- Baghdad
- Fez
- India
- Atlas Mountains
First Sentence edit
IN 1514 King Manuel I of Portugal presented Pope Leo X with a white elephant from India.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: Crossings
1. Living in the Land of Islam
2. Living in the Land of War
3. Writing in Italy
4. Between Africa and Europe
5. Conceiving Africa
6. Between Islam and Christianity
7. Curiosity and Connections
8. Translation, Transmission and Distance
9. The Return
Epilogue: Affinities
Authors & Contributors edit
- Natalie Zemon Davis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0809094347
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0809094347
Page Count: 448
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.5092
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