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THE GRAND PEREGRINATION: Being the Life & Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto.
by COLLIS, Maurice
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London [1951], Faber. Red cloth, dj., 313p., index, biblio- graphy, maps, b.w. illustrations, very good. An excellent biography of the 16th century Portuguese adven- turers. He travelled all over Asia. This is a translation of his autobiography. Pinto left Portugual as a common soldier in 1537 after experiences in Abyssinia, India, passed on to Malacca and the Far East. His intention was to succeed as a merchant. He was drawn to pirates, thrown into prison by the Chinese, then follows his discovery of Japan where he was the first to introduce fire-arms. He became rich & met the famous St. Francis Xavier and is dazzled by his personality. Pinto devotes his wealth to the conversion of Japan he joins the newly formed Jesuit Society. Fascinating reading. .
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- THE GRAND PEREGRINATION: Being the Life & Adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto.
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- COLLIS, Maurice
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- Hardcover
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- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Japanese Social Science, History, Law, Economics & Eclectic Item; Voyages To Any Culture Or Country In Asia, S.e. Asia Or The Far East; Portuguese In Japan;
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