Fernão Mendes Pinto (–1583)

Author of The Travels of Mendes Pinto

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About the Author

Very little is known about Pinto's life except what is related in his only work, Peregrinacao (translated as The Travels of Mendes Pinto). At his death the manuscript for the book passed to Pinto's daughters, but was not published until 1614. Pinto left his native Montemoro-Velho for Lisbon, show more embarking a few years later for the Orient, where he spent almost three decades. He claimed to have been a friend of St. Francis Xavier and, for more than 10 years, a pirate, merchant, and diplomat. While in Asia, he became a Jesuit lay brother for about two years, although he was possibly a Marrano. (Reader's Advisory copyright 1996) show less

Includes the names: Fernão Mendes, Fernao Mendes Pinto, Fernao Mendez Pinto, Pinto Fernao Mendes, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Fernão Mendes Pinto, メンデス・ピントー, フェルナン・メンデス・ピント

Image credit: Fernão Mendes Pinto. Wikimedia Commons.

Works by Fernão Mendes Pinto

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The Travels of Mendes Pinto (1614) 135 copies, 4 reviews

Peregrinação I (1994) 22 copies

Peregrinação II (1996) 19 copies

The Peregrination of Fernao Mendes Pinto (Aspects of Portugal) (1992) 8 copies

PÁGINAS DA PEREGRINAÇÃO 4 copies

No rasto do corsario (2024) 3 copies, 1 review

Peregrinacao e Outras Obras (1961) 3 copies

Peregrinação (1900) 3 copies

Fernão Mendes Pinto 2 copies

The Voyages And Adventures Of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, The Portuguese (2022) 2 copies

No rasto do corsário 1 copy

アジア放浪記 (1956年) (世界探検紀行全集〈第4〉) 1 copy

The Travels of Mendes Pinto 1 copy

Peregrinacao II (Europa-America Grandes obras, 349) (1992) 1 copy

Páginas da Peregrinação 1 copy

Peregrinação de Fernão Mendes Pinto 1 copy

Peregrinação e outras Obras , vol 1 1 copy

Peregrinação e outras Obras , vol 3 1 copy

Peregrinação e outras Obras , vol 2 1 copy

Peregrinação e cartas 1 copy

Fabulosa peregrinação, A. 1 copy

PEREGRINAÇÃO E OUTRAS OBRAS VOL.IV (Portuguese Edition) (2008) 1 copy

Peregrinação e Outras Obras Vol. I 1 copy

Peregrinação e Outras Obras Volume II 1 copy

Peregrinação e Outras Obras Volume III 1 copy

Peregrinação- Coleção Tesouros da Literatura e da História Universal 1 copy

Fernão Mendes Pinto : o outro lado do mito 1 copy

E tais pancadas tem a costa da China : peregrinação / Fernão Mendes Pinto (1996) 1 copy

Peregrinação de Fernão Mendes Pinto 1 copy

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Portuguese Voyages 1498-1663: Tales from the Great Age of Discovery (2000) — Contributor — 63 copies, 4 reviews

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Canonical name: Mendes Pinto, Fernão
Birthdate: 1510 circa
Date of death: 1583-07-08
Gender: male
Nationality: Portugal
Places of residence: Monte-mor-o-Velho, Portugal (birth)
Almada, Portugal (death)
Occupations: travel writer

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Peregrinação by Fernão Mendes Pinto

The biographical memories of a Portuguese adventurer in 16th century Asia from an original contemporaneous manuscript. Features one of the first accounts of firearms introduction in Japan. An impressive raw account of the clash of hugely different civilizations in the early age of European maritime expansion and of the controversial role of a peculiar strain of courageous and often unscrupulous adventurers.

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Peregrinação (1614), Vol.s I e II by Fernão Mendes Pinto

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