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DOCUMENTOS do Corpo Chronologico Relativos a Marrocos (1488 a 1514). Coimbra. 1925. - DOCUMENTOS do Corpo Chronologico Relativos a Marrocos (1488 a 1514) . Publicados por Ordem da Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa, coordenados, revistos e prefaciados por António Baião. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1925. X, 142 pp.; 315 mm. A collection of documents from the Chronological Corpus of the National Archives of Torre do Tombo relating to Morocco between 1488 and 1514, coordinated, revised and prefaced by António Baião, published by order of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. This collection brings together correspondence exchanged between the Portuguese Crown and the main officials responsible for the fortresses and trading posts in North Africa during this period, namely Nuno Gato, Pedro Barba, D. Rodrigo de Sousa, Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde and D. João de Meneses, as well as letters from the architects Francisco and Diogo de Arruda, then in charge of the fortifications of Azamor, and from the corregidor of the Algarve. Documentation relating to the preparation of the expedition commanded by the Duke of Bragança, D. Jaime, and correspondence from D. Duarte de Meneses occupy a prominent place in this diplomatic corpus. Essential primary source for the history of the Portuguese presence in Morocco in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate