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RANDLES (W.G.L.). L’IMAGE du Sud-Est Africain dans la Littérature Européenne au XVIe Siècle. Lisboa. 1959. - RANDLES (W.G.L.) L’IMAGE du Sud-Est Africain dans la Littérature Européenne au XVIe Siècle . Préface du Prof. A. da Silva Rego. Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Históricos Ultramarinos, 1959. XVIII, 240 pp.: il.; 240 mm. First edition. A study of the image of southeastern Africa (the coast and the interior between the Cape of Good Hope and the Zambezi region, including the kingdom of Monomotapa) as it was constructed and transmitted by 16th-century European literature, from Portuguese chroniclers and itinerary writers to cosmographers and compilers of other nations. The work traces how shipwreck accounts, chronicles, and maps shaped the European representation of the region, comparing the sources with subsequent geographical and ethnographic knowledge. It features a preface by A. da Silva Rego, a central figure in Portuguese overseas historiography, and was published by the Centre for Overseas Historical Studies as part of the Henry the Navigator commemorations. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate