The Cosmography and Geography by Leo Africanus
The Cosmography and Geography by Leo Africanus
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The Cosmography and Geography

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Main subject: African history: pre-colonial
  • Genre / subject: Classic travel writing
  • Author: Leo Africanus
  • Audience: Adults

About the book

The Cosmography and Geography by Leo Africanus is a travel book for adult readers.

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance: an African diplomat's guide to Africa In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean. Brought before Pope Leo X, he was persuaded to convert to Christianity, in the process taking the name Johannes Leo Africanus.

Acclaimed in the papal court for his learning, Leo would in time write his masterpiece, The Cosmography and the Geography of Africa. The Cosmography was the first book about Africa, and the first book written by a modern African, to reach print. It would remain central to the European understanding of Africa for over 300 years, with its descriptions of lands, cities and peoples giving a singular vision of the vast continent: its urban bustle and rural desolation, its culture, commerce and warfare, its magical herbs and strange animals.

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