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| | NOTES | 1. | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, MS. Espagnol 30. | | | | | 2. | E. W. Bovill, The Golden Trade of the Moors ( Oxford, 1958), p. 91. | | | | | 3. | C. R. Beazley, ed., Carpini and Rubruquis, London, Hakluyt Society, 1903. | | | | | 4. | C. R. Beazley, The dawn of modern Geography ( 3 vols., Oxford 1906), vol. III, pp. 187-309, and bibliographical appendix p. 542. | | | | | 5. | The Libro di divisamenti di paesi of Francesco Balducci Pegolotti. See Beazley, op. cit., p. 324. | | | | | 6. | The best English translation of the Travels of Marco Polo is by A. C. Moule and P. Pelliot, eds., Marco Polo: The description of the World, London, 1938. On the various Polo MSS. see Beazley, op. cit., p. 545. | | | | | 7. | Sir H. Yule, ed., revised H. Cordier, Cathay and the way thither ( 4 vols., London, Hakluyt Society, 1913-16), vol. II, appendix 1. | | | | | 8. | M. Letts, ed., Mandeville's Travels, texts and translations, 2 vols. London, Hakluyt Society, 1953. M. Letts, Sir John Mandeville, the man and his book, London, 1949. | | | | | 9. | Beazley, op. cit., III, 528. | | | | | 10. | E. G. R. Taylor, "Imago Mundi", Scottish Geographical Magazine, 47 ( March 1931). | | | | | 11. | The Book of Roger was completed in 1154. Few MSS. survive; one, written in Cairo, is in the Bodleian. It was not printed until 1592, in Rome, in a much abridged form. The first complete edition was printed, in French translation, in Paris in 1836. | | | | | 12. | N. H. Stevens, Ptolemy's Geography, London, 1908. A descriptive list of editions now in the Newberry Library. This is the best bibliography of Ptolemy in English. The first English translation is E. L. Stevenson, ed., The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, New York, 1932. | | | | CHAPTER 1: ATTITUDES AND MOTIVES | 1. | Bernal Díaz del Castillo ( A. P. Maudsley, ed. and trans.), The true history of the conquest of New Spain ( 5 vols., London, Hakluyt Society, 1908). | | | | | 2. | For the efforts of the popes to rally the European monarchies against the Ottoman empire, see L. Pastor ( F. I. Antrobus, ed.), The history of the Popes from the close of the Middle Ages ( 20 vols., St. Louis, 1902- 1930), II277, III19, X170, 179. | | | | | 3. | For a penetrating discussion of these attitudes, see R. Menéndez Pidal ( W. Starkie, ed.), The Spaniards in their history ( London, 1950), p. 210 ff. | | | | | 4. | For this aspect of Prince Henry's character, see P. E. Russell, "Prince Henry the Navigator", Diamante, XI, London, 1960. | | | | | 5. | A stimulating, if somewhat exaggerated, account of the mixed character of Iberian culture is A. Castro, España en su historia, Cristianos, moros y judíos, Buenos Aires, 1948. | | | | -335- | | |
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Publication Information: Book Title: The Age of Reconnaissance. Contributors: J. H. Parry - author. Publisher: World Pub. Co.. Place of Publication: Cleveland, OH. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: 335.
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