TY - BOOK ID - 85472715 TI - The chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea. AU - Zurara, Gomes Eanes de AU - Beazley, C. Raymond AU - Prestage, Edgar PY - 2010 SN - 0511709927 1108014747 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Guinea (Region) KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Guinea Coast (Region) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85472715 AB - 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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake. Gomes Eanes de Zurara (c.1410-1474) was a Portuguese writer appointed to chronicle the life of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) and the expeditions he sponsored. Zurara's chronicle of the discovery of Guinea appeared in this two-volume English translation in 1896-1899. The editors' preface includes an account of the voyages of exploration along the African coast sponsored by Prince Henry until 1448, together with biographical information about the author. Volume 1 contains chapters 1-40 of the Chronicle. ER -