The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six Centuries

Antoniotto Usodimare's Letter

In 1455, Genovese trader and explorer Antoniotto Usodimare, in the employ of Henry the Navigator, testifies that while in Gambia, near the western coast of Africa, he came within proximity of Prester John's kingdom.

For the text see Baum, Verwandlungen, p. 223.

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