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Leo Africanus

Andilusian diplomat and author

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Born	ca. 1492
Died	ca. 1550.

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A geographical historie of Africa, written in Arabicke and Italian by Iohn Leo a More, borne in Granada, and brought vp in Barbarie. Wherein he hath at large described, not onely the qualities, situations, and true distances of the regions, cities, townes, mountaines, riuers, and other places throughout all the north and principall partes of Africa; but also the descents and families of their kings ... gathered partly out of his owne diligent obseruations, and partly out of the ancient records and chronicles of the Arabians and Mores. Before which, out of the best ancient and moderne writers, is prefixed a generall description of Africa, and also a particular treatise of all the maine lands and isles vndescribed by Iohn Leo. ... Translated and collected by Iohn Pory, lately of Goneuill and Caius College in Cambridge

by Leo Africanus, Robert Brown, and Leo
First published in 1556 — 66 editions
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Ioannis Leonis Africani, De totius Africae descriptione, libri. IX: Quibus non solúm Africæ regionum, insularum, [et] oppidorum situs, locorumq[ue] interualla accuratè complexus est, sed regum familias, bellorum causas [et] euentus ... tam à seipso diligenti obseruatione indagatas, q[uam] in veris Maurorum Annalib. memoriae traditas, copiose descripsit

by Leo Africanus First published in 1556 — 2 editions
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Description de l'Afrique: tierce partie du monde

by Leo Africanus First published in 1896 — 1 edition

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Geographical Historie of Africa, Written in Arabicke and Italian by Iohn Leo a More, Borne in Granada, and Brought Vp in Barbarie. Wherein He Hath at Large Described, Not Onely the Qualities, Situations, and True Distances of the Regions, Cities, ...

by Leo Africanus First published in 2021 — 1 edition

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Waṣf Ifrīqiyā

by Leo Africanus First published in 1980 — 1 edition

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Description de l'Afrique, tierce partie du monde

by Leo Africanus First published in 1896 — 1 edition

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Fez dans la cosmographie d'Al-Hassan ben Mohammed al-Wazzan az-Zayyati, dit Léon l'Africain

by Leo Africanus, Ileana Marchesani, Hamid Triki, Amina Aouchar, and Franco D'Alessandro First published in 2004 — 1 edition

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Ioannis Leonis Africani Africæ descriptio IX. lib. absoluta

by Leo Africanus, Olivart, Ramón de Dalmau y de Olivart ma..., Alba, Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y P..., and Officina Elzeviriana First published in 1632 — 1 edition

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De la descripción de Africa y de las cosas notables que en ella se encuentran

by Leo Africanus First published in 1952 — 1 edition

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Descrizione dell' Africa, etc

by Leo Africanus First published in 1837 — 1 edition

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Travels into the inland parts of Africa containing a description of the several nations for the space of six hundred miles up the River Gambia; their trade, habits, customs, language, manners, religion and government; the power, disposition and characters of some negro princes; with a particular account of Job Ben Solomon. To which is added, Capt. Stibbs's voyage up the Gambia in the year 1723, to make discoveries; with an accurate map of that river taken on the spot: and many other copper plates. Also extracts from the Nubian's Geography, Leo the African and other authors antient and modern, concerning the Niger-Nile, or Gambia. And observations thereon

by Francis Moore, Bartholomew Stibbs, and Leo Africanus First published in 1738 — 1 edition
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Ioannis Leonis Africani de totivs Africae descriptione libri IX ...: Arabicè primùm scripsit author: deinde italico sermone reddidit: Ioannes Florianvs ex italico latinum fecit

by Leo Africanus and Hanno First published in 1559 — 1 edition

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Born	ca. 1492
Died	ca. 1550.

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Alternative names

Joannes Leo Africanus
Africanus Leo
Africanus Ca 1492-Ca 1550 Leo
Hasan bin Muhammed al-Wazzan al-Fasi
Hassan el-Wazzan
حسن ابن محمد الوزان الغرناطي
John L. Africanus
Juan Leon Africano
Johannes Leo de Medicis
يوحنا الأسد
Giovanni Leone
Yuhanna al-Asad al-Gharnati
Africanus Approximately 1492-Ap Leo

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