Crónica da Guiné

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Crónica da Guiné is a 15th-century Portuguese chronicle that narrates early Portuguese explorations and conquests along the West African coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese literature
chronicle
historical work
associatedWith Order of Christ
Portuguese Crown
author Gomes Eanes de Zurara
commissionedBy Prince Henry the Navigator
linked to: Henry the Navigator
containsAccountOf maritime exploration beyond Cape Bojador
trade in gold and other goods in West Africa
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Portugal
dateWritten 15th century
describesEvent Portuguese raids and conquests in West Africa
capture and enslavement of Africans by the Portuguese
early Portuguese voyages along the West African coast
documentType royal commission chronicle
focusesOn economic motives for expansion
military expeditions
religious motives for expansion
genre chronicle
court historiography
travel literature
hasInfluenced historiography of Portuguese discoveries
historicalPeriod 15th-century Portuguese expansion
Age of Discovery
linked to: Age of Exploration
historicalValue primary source for 15th-century West African–Portuguese contacts
language Portuguese
literaryStyle medieval chronicle style
panegyrical
mainSubject Atlantic slave trade origins
Portuguese conquests in West Africa
Portuguese exploration of West Africa
narrativeLocation Guinea region
linked to: southeastern Guinea

West African coast
originalScript Latin script
perspective Portuguese royalist viewpoint
portrays Portuguese captains and explorers
Prince Henry the Navigator
linked to: Henry the Navigator
portraysGroup West African peoples
regionDescribed Atlantic coast of Africa
Sahara and Sahel coastal zones
sourceFor history of early Portuguese expansion in Africa
history of the early Atlantic slave trade
timeOfComposition circa mid-15th century
writtenFor Portuguese royal court

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Gomes Eanes de Zurara notableWork Crónica da Guiné
Gomes Eanes de Zurara authorOf Crónica da Guiné