| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Pinto, Fernão Mendes |
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(f rnouN´ mn´dsh p n´t ) (KEY) , c.1509–1583, Portuguese traveler. For some 20 years he traveled in Africa and Asia, journeying to far places and experiencing great hardships, including years as a slave. His account, Peregrinação [wanderings] (1614), is one of the most colorful narratives of world travel literature. Its truthfulness has been questioned, but there is now general agreement that the story is merely exaggerated. | 1 | | See M. Collis, The Grand Peregrination (1949). | 2 |
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