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De Varietate Fortunae
12024-01-02T10:43:06-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52812plain2024-01-05T18:17:33-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fPoggio Bracciolini (1380-1459) composed his De Varietate Fortunae (c. 1470), which contains an account of the travels of Niccolò de' Conti (published separately in 1492 as India Recognita).
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12015-11-04T15:43:55-08:00Niccolò de' Conti7image_header2024-01-05T19:07:40-08:00Niccolò de' Conti (1395-1469) was a Venetian merchant and traveler who ventured to Indonesia from 1419-1439. During his travels he meets Pero Tafur.
The account of his travels was dictated to Poggio Bracciolini in 1444, and this text is included in Poggio's De Varietate Fortunae, in which the narrative voice frequently shifts between Poggio and Niccolò.
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