The History and Description of Africa And of the Notable Things Therein Containedcontained, written by Al-Hassan Ibn-Mohammed Al-Wezaz Al-Fasi, a Moor, baptised as Giovanni Leone, but better known as Leo Africanus. Done into English in the Year 1600, by

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Leo Africanus (c. 1494-c. 1554) was an Arab diplomat captured by Spanish corsairs in 1518 and taken to Rome. He was later released by Pope Leo X and enjoyed papal patronage until he left Rome in 1527. This work describes the region of north Africa known as the Maghreb and was considered the most authoritative account of the cultures, religions and politics of this region until the start of European exploration in the nineteenth century. Volume 1 contains a general description of north Africa. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 6 Contents......Page 10 PREFATORY NOTE......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 NORTHERN AFRICA......Page 125 BARBARY......Page 128 NORTHERN FEZ......Page 133 PORY'S MAP OF AFRICA (reduced)......Page 134 A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIE of AFRICA......Page 136 PORY'S DEDICATION TO SIR ROBERT CECIL......Page 138 HIS ADDRESS TO THE READER......Page 139 HIS GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA......Page 147 HIS DESCRIPTION OF PLACES UNDESCRIBED BY LEO......Page 159 AN APPROBATION OF LEO'S HISTORY BY RICHARD HAKLUYT AND OTHERS......Page 238 Notes on Pory's Introductory Matter......Page 242 JOHN LEO HIS FIRST BOOK OF THE DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA......Page 257 Notes to Book I......Page 326 The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Leo Africanus (c. 1494–c. 1554) was an Arab diplomat who enjoyed the patronage of Pope Leo X. This work describes the cultures, religions and politics of northern Africa. Escrite de nôtre tems par Jean Leon, African, premierement en langue Arabesque, puis en Toscane, & à present mise en François, etc. This Volume Of The Publications Of The Hakluyt Society (1896) Contains A Description Of Northern Africa In The Sixteenth Century.