THE GRAND PEREGRINATION: Being the Life & Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto.
COLLIS, Maurice.
From RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 19, 1997
From RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 19, 1997
About this Item
London [1951], Faber. Red cloth, dj., 313p., index, biblio- graphy, maps, b.w. illustrations, very good. An excellent biography of the 16th century Portuguese adven- turers. He travelled all over Asia. This is a translation of his autobiography. Pinto left Portugual as a common soldier in 1537 after experiences in Abyssinia, India, passed on to Malacca and the Far East. His intention was to succeed as a merchant. He was drawn to pirates, thrown into prison by the Chinese, then follows his discovery of Japan where he was the first to introduce fire-arms. He became rich & met the famous St. Francis Xavier and is dazzled by his personality. Pinto devotes his wealth to the conversion of Japan he joins the newly formed Jesuit Society. Fascinating reading. Seller Inventory # 84311701
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