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THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

Gomes Eanes de Zurara
Edited and translated by
Charles Raymond Beazley  and
Edgar Prestage
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HERE beginneth the Chronicle in which are set down all the notable deeds that were achieved in the Conquest of Guinea, written by command of the most high and revered Prince and most virtuous Lord the Infant Don Henry, Duke of Viseu and Lord of Covilham, Ruler and Governor of the Chivalry of the Order of Jesus Christ. The which Chronicle was collected into this volume by command of the most high and excellent Prince, and most powerful Lord the King Don Affonso the Fifth of Portugal.

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The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea , pp. 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1896

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