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ZURARA (Gomes Eanes de). CRÓNICA do Descobrimento e Conquista da Guiné. Porto. 1973. - ZURARA (Gomes Eanes de) CRÓNICA do Descobrimento e Conquista da Guiné . Segundo o Manuscrito da Biblioteca Nacional de Paris, modernizada com Notas, Glossário e uma Introdução de José de Bragança. Porto: Livraria Civilização, 1973. CXII, 438, [10] pp.; 11 est.: il.; 255 mm. A modernized edition of the Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea by Gomes Eanes de Zurara, with an introduction, notes, and glossary by José de Bragança, based on the manuscript in the National Library of Paris, the only known contemporary copy of the text. First published in 1841, thanks to the efforts of the Viscount of Santarém, and in this modernized version since 1937, the chronicle narrates, by order of King Afonso V and under the guidance of Prince Henry the Navigator, the first twenty years of the exploration of the African coast, being the most important historiographical source for the beginning of the Portuguese Discoveries. It is part of the Historical Library of Portugal and Brazil collection, Overseas Series, and is illustrated with facsimiles of the Paris Codex and various nautical charts from the 15th and 16th centuries. An indispensable reference edition for the study of the early stages of Portuguese expansion in Africa. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate