 | Valentim Fernandes de Morávia 1515 Lettera scripta da Valentino Moravia germano
 | In: Gubernatis, A. de Memoria intorno di viaggiatori italiani. Firenze, Fodratti: pp. 1-171 |
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| On the 20th of the present month of May 1515, arrived at Lisbon, the noblest city of the whole Luzitania, and at present an excellent emporium, an animal called by the Greeks, rinoceros, and by Indians, ganda. The beast was sent by the most powerful King of the city of Combaia, India, as a prese... |
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| Valentim Fernandes de Morávia 1515 Lettera scripta da Valentino Moravia germano
| In: Gubernatis, A. de Memoria intorno di viaggiatori italiani. Firenze, Fodratti: pp. 1-171 |
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| Nelli di 20. di questo mese di magio. 1515. giunse qui in Lisbona cita Nobilissima di tuta la Lusitania emporio al presente Excell. uno animale chiamato da greci Rhynoceros et dalli Indi Ganda mandato dal re potentissimo de India della Cita di Combaia a donare a questo serenissimo Emenuel Re di p... |
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| Varthema, L. di 1515 Die ritterlich und lobwirdig rayss des gestrengen und über all ander weyt erfarnen ritters vnd landfarers herren Ludowico Vartomans võ Bolonia sagent von den landen, Egypto, Syria von bayden Arabia, Persia, India und Ethiopia von den gastalte, syten und dero menschen leben und gelauben, auch von manigerlay thyeren vöglen vnd vil andern in den selben landen seltzamen wuderparlichen sachen, das alles er selbs erfaren und in aygner person gesehen hat. Augsburg, Miller, folios 1-75 |
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| Varthema, L. di 1510 Itinerario di Ludovico de Varthema Bolognese nello Egypto nella Suria nella Arabia deserta et felice, ne la Persia, ne la India et ne la Ethiopia; la fede, el vivere et costumi de tutte le prefate provincie. Roma |
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| Breydenbach, B. von 1486 Die heyligen Reyssen gen Jherusalem zu dem heiligen Grab und furbass zu der hochgelobten Jungfrauwen und Mertreryn Sant Katheryn. Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 104 leaves; folio |
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| Conti, N. 1485 The Travels of Nicolo Conti, in the East, in the early part of the 15th century, as related by Poggio Bracciolini, in his work entitled 'Historia de Varietate Fortunae' liber IV
| In: Major, R.H. India in the fifteenth century. London, Hakluyt Society, Works vol. 22: pp. i-v, i-xc, 1-49, 1-39, 1-32, 1-19, i-vii |
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There is here also an animal which has a head resembling that of a pig, a tail like that of an ox, and on his forehead a horn similar to that of the unicorn, but shorter, being about a cubit in length. It resembles the elephant in size and colour, with which i... |
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| Johannes Ianuensis 1469 Incipit summa q[ue] vocat[ur] catholicon: Prosodia quedam pars gramatice nuncupatur. Augsburg, Gunther Zainer |
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| Ma Huan 1433 The overall survey of the ocean's shores
| In: Mills, J.V.G. Ma Huan: Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan, 'the overall survey of the ocean's shores' (1433), translated from the Chinese text edited by Feng Ch'eng-Chun, with introduction, notes and appendices. Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, Extra Series, no. 42: pp. i-xix, 1-393 |
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| Ibn Battuta 1350 Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
| In: Gibb, H.A.R. Ibn Battuta, Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul: pp. 1-398 |
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| Huai nan Tze 1300 Das Weltbild des Huai-Nan-Tse
| In: Erkes, E. Das Weltbild des Huai-Nan-Tse: ein Beitrag zur Ethnographie und Kulturgeschichte des alten Chinas. Ostasiatisches Zeitschrift 5: 27-80, figs. 1-13 |
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