The travels of the Infante Dom Pedro of Portugal.
Contributors: Santisteban, Gómez de.
Series: Harvard studies in Romance languages,; v. 26
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Pedro, Infante of Portugal, 1392-1449.; Prester John (Legendary character); Orient -- Description and travel.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 369-401.
"[Contains] a full translation of the Libro [del Infante don Pedro de Portugal in th John Griswold White Collection of Folklore and Orientalia, Chess and Checkers in the Cleveland Public Library] ... with a detailed discussion of the real travels and their transformation into legend, the generally overlooked purpose of Gómez de Santisteban, the subsequent influence of the tale, and the variations found in its 111 editions."--Dust jacket.