Chronicle of the Henrican Discoveries Gomes Eanes de Zurara
frontispiece of zurara s crónica dos feitos de guiné (paris codex)
it in 1839, intact , splendid preserved manuscript copy of zurara s cronica rediscovered in royal library of paris (now bibliothèque nationale de france) ferdinand denis (how ended there mystery). significantly, paris codex included frontispiece portrait of man thin moustache in black burgundian chaperon instantly assumed physical image of prince henry navigator (there no pictures of henry before this; paris frontispiece became basis of modern images of prince, reproduced in countless books, paintings , monuments since). luís antónio de abreu e lima (viscount de carreira), portuguese minister france @ time, arranged first publication of zurara s cronica in 1841, preface , notes manuel francisco de macedo leitão e carvalhosa (viscount of santarém). publication sensation, particularly portugal engaged in diplomatic quarrel on recent anglo-french colonial encroachments in west africa questions of priority of discovery involved (to santarém contributed.)
a second manuscript copy found shortly after, 1845, j.a. schmeller in hof- und staats-bibliothek in munich (codex hisp. 27), part of collection of miscellaneous accounts of portuguese expeditions compiled in 1508 lisbon-based german printer known valentinus moravus (or in portuguese, valentim fernandes ). however, version contains extracts, , abridged.
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