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The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six CenturiesMain MenuOrientation to ProjectPath One: 1122-1235Path Two: 1236-1310 ADPath Three : 1311-1460 ADPath Four : 1461-1520 ADPath Five: 1521-1699 ADPath Six: 1700-1800 ADChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f Global Middle Ages
Asia Portuguesa
1media/Screen Shot 2023-12-14 at 1.33.42 PM.png2023-12-14T12:25:21-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52813image_header2023-12-14T12:40:27-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fPortuguese humanist historian and poet Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649) penned Asia Portuguesa in Castilian, published in Lisbon in three volumes after his death (1667). The book served as a reference book on Portuguese expansion. It initially associates Prester John with Ethiopia but mentions later that his kingdom might actually be found in Tibet.
Faria e Sousa's text also includes summaries of the missions of Pêro da Covilhā and Francisco Alvares.
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1media/Abyssinia, or Ethiopia.jpg2016-02-11T10:20:00-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fEthiopian Prester JohnChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com6image_header2023-11-22T14:22:25-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
1media/Early Portugal.jpg2016-01-25T10:52:24-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fPortuguese Prester John TextsChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com5image_header2016-02-15T16:28:05-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f
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1media/Early Portugal.jpgmedia/Alvares Francisco frontespizio Verdadeira.jpg2015-07-30T04:24:23-07:00Francisco Álvares16image_header2024-01-06T14:55:02-08:00
12015-07-29T17:03:36-07:00Pêro da Covilhã12image_header2024-01-06T15:00:51-08:00
