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Leo Africanus

1494 to 1554 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Leo Africanus across 3 places, from 1494 to 1550. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Johannes Leo Africanus (born al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Wazzān al-Zayyātī al-Fasī, –) was an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa (Description of Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Leo Africanus was documented, and when

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Granadaattested “Leo Africanus was born as al-Hasan, son of Muhammad in Granada around the year 1494.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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Romeattested “According to one theory, he spent it in Rome until he died around 1550, the year Description of Africa was published.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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Tunisattested “He then returned to North Africa and lived in Tunis until his death, some time after 1550.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus

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Places Leo Africanus is documented in

Rome1 presence · 1550
Granada1 presence · 1494
Tunis1 presence · 1550

Other places tied to Leo Africanus in the record

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Istanbulmentioned “In 1517 when returning from a diplomatic mission to Constantinople on behalf of the Sultan of Fez Muhammad II he found himself in the port of Rosetta during the Ottoman conquest of Egypt.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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Tunismentioned “On his way back to Tunis in 1518 he was captured by Spanish corsairs either near the island of Djerba or more probably near Crete, and imprisoned on the island of Rhodes, the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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Cretementioned “On his way back to Tunis in 1518 he was captured by Spanish corsairs either near the island of Djerba or more probably near Crete, and imprisoned on the island of Rhodes, the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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St. Peter's Basilicamentioned “He was baptized in the Basilica of Saint Peter's in 1520.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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Romementioned “He returned to Rome in 1526 under the protection of the new Pope Clement VII, a cousin of Leo X who replaced Adrian.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus
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Tunismentioned “Yet another theory said that he left Tunis after it was captured by Charles V in 1535 for Morocco, his second home country after Granada where his relatives were still living.” source: Wikipedia: Leo Africanus

Documented at the same place, the same year

Federico ZuccariRome · 1550

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