Johannes Leo Africanus (born al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Wazzān al-Zayyātī al-Fasī, ; c. 1494 – c. 1554) was an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book …

Leo Africanus (born c. 1485, Granada, Kingdom of Granada [Spain]—died c. 1554, Tunis [now in Tunisia]) was a traveler whose writings remained for some 400 years one of Europe’s principal …

2024年9月18日 · Leo Africanus (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wazzan al-Fasi al-Granati, 1485-1554) was a diplomat, merchant traveller and scholar who famously voyaged …

2016年11月4日 · “Timbuktu” was to become a byword in Europe as the most inaccessible of cities, but at the time Leo visited, it was the center of a busy trade in African products and in …

2012年1月16日 · Introduction: The sixteenth-century Andalusi adventurer Leo Africanus was a household name amidst European geographers for almost three centuries. He was …

Born al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Wizzaa al-Fasi, Leo Africanus was a native of Granada, Spain, and was educated in Morocco. As a young man he traveled all over North Africa and West …

2018年6月2日 · The diplomat and traveler now known as Leo Africanus was born Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Wazan al-Fasi (حسن ابن محمد الوزان الفاسي‎) in the early 1490s in Spanish Grenada; of …

2025年2月21日 · Born as Al Hassan Ibn Muhammad Al Wazzan in Granada around 1494, Leo Africanus was a diplomat, geographer, and scholar whose life and works bridged cultures …

Johannes Leo Africanus (c. 1494 - 1554) was a Moorish diplomat, traveler, historian, and writer best known for his book Description of Africa (Descrittione dell’Africa) which described North …

As a student and young official in the Fassi administration, Leo traveled extensively, within and outside of Morocco. By his mid 20s, Leo had journeyed to Constantinople, Arabia, to Sub …