Leo Africanus

Andilusian diplomat and author

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 - undifferentiated, and Leo First published in 1556 66 editions in 8 languages — 11 previewable

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Othello: the Moor of Venice

by Laurie Skiba, William Shakespeare, Giraldi Cinthio, Leo Africanus, and Ben Johnson First published in 2004 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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Description de l'Afrique: tierce partie du monde

by Leo Africanus First published in 1896 1 edition in 1 language

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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 in 1 language

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Waṣf Ifrīqiyā

by Leo Africanus First published in 1980 1 edition in 2 languages

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Born	ca. 1492
Died	ca. 1550.

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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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Description de l'Afrique: tierce partie du monde

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, ...

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