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MENDOCA, HIERONIMO DE

Jornada de Africa, Composta por... Natural da Ciudade do Porto... Copiado fielmente da Edicao de Lisboa de 1607. [4], [3], [8], 275 pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 Spanish calf; paper evenly browned. Lisbon, 1785 Apparent second edition. Mendoca travelled in the Middle East during the later part of the 16th century. His relation deals with both the friendly and unfriendly groups there, i.e., those accepting of Christianity and those still angry with the remnants of the Crusades. he mentions the Berbers, and other groups and the common practice of slavery and slave trade among all the groups in the North of Africa.

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