AFRICANUS, LEO, 1494 to 1600
Leo Africanus
An Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley.
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Leo Africanus was born in 1494 and died in 1600.
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