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Senest opdateret 28. april

Af Maurice. Collis

fra 1949 på forlaget Faber

Kategori: Øvrige

pris: 165 kr – stand: ★★★★★

Sideantal: 313
Indbinding: Red cloth
An excellent biography of the 16th century Portuguese adventurer who 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 captured by pirates and 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. Index, bibliography, maps, b/w illustrations