Discovery of Abyssinia by the Portuguese in 1520
Facsimile of the printed book.  First pages.

Portuguese title: Carta das Novas que Vieram a el Rey Nosso Senhor do Descobrimento do Preste Joham.
 Published: Lisbon, 1521.
Note mention of "Prester John" in the fourteenth line of the text.

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