Leo Africanus

Joannes Leo Africanus (; nama lahir al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi, ; s. 1494 – s. 1554) adalah seorang diplomat dan penulis Al-Andalus berdarah Berber yang dikenal karena membuat buku Descrittione dell’Africa (Deskripsi Afrika) yang menyoroti geografi Maghreb dan Lembah Nil. Buku tersebut diterima di kalangan muridnya di Eropa sebagai risalah paling otoritatif tentang subjek tersebut sampai penjelajahan Afrika modern.

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  The first translation into English.
  Internet Archive: Volume 1 (pp. 1–224), Volume 2, Volume 3 (pp. 669–1119); Geographical index. The original text of Pory's 1600 English translation together with an introduction and notes by the editor.


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  A scholarly translation into French with extensive notes.
  pages 272–291 contain a translation into English of Leo Africanus's descriptions of the Middle Niger, Hausaland and Bornu. Corresponds to Épaulard 1956 Vol II pages 463–481.


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 Leo Africanus; A Man Between Worlds – BBC 
 Hassan Al Wazzan aka Leo Africanus
 Site devoted to Leo Africanus.
 Interactive map of Leo Africanus' travels in Sub-Saharan Africa created in the Harvard Worldmap platform.
 "Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa: Containing a Description of the Several Nations for the Space of Six Hundred Miles up the River Gambia" features an English translation of work by Africanus, dating from 1738

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