-
geographia de Affrica,
later published by
Giovanni Battista Ramusio as
Descrittione dell'Africa (Description of Africa) in 1550,
centered on the geography...
- two
hundred years ago. In 1647
Giovanni Francesco Abela, in his
Della Descrittione di
Malta isola nel Mare Siciliano: con le sue antichità, ed
altre notizie...
-
completed by Leo Afric**** in 1526 and
published under the
title Della descrittione dell’Africa et
delle cose
notabili che ivi sono by
Giovanni Battista...
- who in the
early 17th
century wrote an
important work on Malta,
Della Descrittione di
Malta isola nel Mare Siciliano: con le sue antichità, ed
altre notizie...
-
bountifully maintained at the king's cost and charges. — Leo Afric****,
Descrittione dell'
Africa According to Leo Afric****,
there were
abundant supplies...
- use of the name "Niger" for the
river is by Leo Afric**** in his
Della descrittione dell’Africa et
delle cose
notabili che ivi sono,
published in Italian...
- who
visited the
region in 1509-1510,
gives a
description in his book
Descrittione dell’Africa: "Walata Kingdom: This is a
small kingdom, and of mediocre...
-
historian and
diplomat Francesco Guicciardini. His best-known work, the
Descrittione di
Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fiorentino di
tutti i
Paesi B****i altrimenti...
- from this work was
taken by
Giovambattista Ramusio and
published in the
Descrittione dell’Africa in
Venice in 1550. The
original 928 page m****cript exists...
-
During this time period, Leo Afric****
briefly mentions in his book
Descrittione dell’Africa
descriptions of the
political and
economic state of Hausaland...
