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

Path Four : 1460-1520 AD

Prester John and the Project of European Colonialism

Early modern travelers such as Prince Henry, the Christopher Columbus, and Duarte Lopes allude to John’s kingdom as a guarantor of Eastern riches. A related history of John’s kingdom in Ethiopia/Abyssinia held Western attention through the European exploration of Africa from the mid-14th through 16th centuries

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