The Lusiads by Luís Vaz de Camões

The Lusiads

Luís Vaz de Camões with William C. Atkinson (Translator)

256 pages first pub 1572 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
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The first European artist to cross the equator, Camoes's narrative reflects the novelty and fascination of that original encounter with Africa, India and the Far East. The poem's twin symbols are the Cross and the Astrolabe, and its celebration of...

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