The travels of the Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal.

Description

Main Author

Rogers, Francis Millet.

Related Names

Santisteban, Gómez de.

Language(s)

English

Published

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1961.

Subjects

Pedro > Pedro / (Infante de Portugal ; > Pedro / (Infante de Portugal ; / 1392-1449) > Pedro / (Infante de Portugal ; / 1392-1449) / Voyages.
Prester John > Prester John / (Legendary character)
Pedro, > Pedro, / Infante of Portugal, > Pedro, / Infante of Portugal, / 1392-1449
Prester John > Prester John / (Legendary character)
Pedro, > Pedro, / Infante of Portugal, > Pedro, / Infante of Portugal, / 1392-1449.
Prester John > Prester John / (Legendary character)
Pedro, > Pedro, / Infante of Portugal, > Pedro, / Infante of Portugal, / 1392-1449.
Travel.
Orient > Orient / Description and travel
Asia > Asia / Orient.
Oriente > Oriente / Descripción y viajes.
Orient > Orient / Description and travel.

Note

"[Contains] a full translation of the Libro [del Infante don Pedro de Portugal in th John Griswold White Collection of Folklore and Orientalia, Chess and Checkers in the Cleveland Public Library] ... with a detailed discussion of the real travels and their transformation into legend, the generally overlooked purpose of Gómez de Santisteban, the subsequent influence of the tale, and the variations found in its 111 editions."--Jacket.

Physical Description

ix, 424 pages plate, maps, genealogical tables 24 cm.

ISBN

0674435885
9780674435889

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