1st Edition

Europeans in West Africa, 1540-1560 Volume I: Documents to illustrate the nature and scope of Portuguese enterprise in West Africa, the abortive attempt of Castilians to create an empire there, and the early English voyages to Barbary and Guinea

Edited By John William Blake Copyright 2010
    296 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    Texts dealing with Portuguese and Castilian enterprise, translated into English and edited. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 87) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1942.

    Contents: Preface; The First Century of Portuguese Enterprise in West Africa: Introduction; Documents. Some Early Castilian Voyages to West Africa: Introduction; Documents.

    Biography

    John William Blake