by Fernão Mendes Pinto · QuidNovi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789895544103
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«Peregrinação» is Fernão Mendes Pinto's travelogue, published by QuidNovi in paperback (143 pages, in Portuguese).
Narrative of the twenty years Fernão Mendes Pinto spent in the East, between India, China and Japan. The volume describes cultures, customs and landscapes unknown to Europeans, as well as the dangers of navigation and the clash of civilizations, with a critical look at Portuguese expansion and the human condition.
The work was originally published in 1614, after the author's death. This 2008 edition is part of the Coleção 120 Anos JN, series Grandes Autores Portugueses, number 5.
Recommended for readers interested in travel literature, the history of Portuguese discoveries and the encounter between cultures.
Fernão Mendes Pinto was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His voyages are recorded in Pilgrimage, his autobiographical memoir, which was published posthumously in 1614. The historical accuracy of the work is debatable due to the many events that seem far-fetched or at least exaggerated, earning him the nickname Fernão Mentes Minto. Still, many aspects of the work can be verified, particularly through records of Pinto's service to the Portuguese crown and by his association with Jesuit missionaries.
