Voyages of the Venetian Brothers, Nicolo & Antonio Zeno, to the Northern Seas, in the XIVth Century: Comprising the Latest Known Accounts of the Lost ... Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108011403 ISBN 13: 9781108011402

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Nicolò (c. 1326–1402) and Antonio Zeno (died c. 1403) were navigators from Venice. In 1558 a descendant of Nicolò Zeno published a series of letters between the brothers purporting to show voyages of exploration undertaken in the north Atlantic and North America between 1390 and 1400. These letters are controversial and considered to be forgeries, as contemporary records place Nicolò Zeno in Venice during this period. However R. H. Major provides a sympathetic analysis of this material, demonstrating the ingenuity of this fabricated account.

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Book Description:

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume contains the letters of the Zeno brothers (c. 1326–1403), purporting to relate an expedition to America. R. H. Major provides an analysis demonstrating the ingenuity of this fabricated account.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108011403
• ISBN 13: 9781108011402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Major Richard Henry