- Pedro Tafur
Pedro Tafur (or "Pero Tafur") (ca. 1410—ca. 1487) was a Spanish traveler and writer. Born in Córdoba, Tafur traveled across three continents during the years 1436 to 1439. During the voyage, he participated in various battles, visited
shrines , and rendered diplomatic services forJuan II of Castile .He visited the
Moroccan coast, southernFrance , theHoly Land ,Egypt ,Rhodes ,Cyprus ,Tenedos , Trebizond, andConstantinople . He also visited theSinai Peninsula , where he metNiccolò Da Conti , who shared with Tafur information aboutsoutheastern Asia . Before returning to Spain, Tafur crossedcentral Europe andItaly .Between 1453 and 1454, he wrote a book called "Andanças e viajes de Pero Tafur por diversas partes del mundo avidos" (unpublished until 1874, when it was published by
Marcos Jiménez de la Espada ). It is one of the few books written by a Spanish traveler during the medieval period (that ofRuy González de Clavijo is another example). Tafur dedicated his book to a member of theGuzmán family, the same family to whichSaint Dominic belonged. He thus provides biographical information regarding this saint.He provides valuable details concerning the
Baths of Zeuxippus , theHagia Sophia , the Holy doors in Rome, and theObelisks in Rome .External links
*es icon [http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/00368385478881762975635/019984.pdf?incr=1 Online text of Tafur’s travels]
*es icon [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/57939400438026617422202/p0000030.htm#I_43_ "Viaje de Pedro Tafur por el imperio germánico en los años 1438 y 1439. Las hermandades de Castilla en tiempo de Enrique IV" Bienvenido Oliver y Esteller. Edición digital a partir de Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, tomo 14 (mayo 1889), pp. 379-389. Centro Virtual Cervantes]
*es icon [http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistas/fll/02122952/articulos/DICE8787110297A.PDF "Las memorias de Pedro Tafur", Franco Meregalli]
*es icon [http://www.difusioncultural.uam.mx/revista/mayo2005/rodilla.html "Espacios sagrados y espacios míticos La retórica del viaje en las Andanças de Pero Tafur", María José Rodilla ]ources
*Pero Tafur, "Travels and Adventures 1435-1439", Routledge, 2004.
* LÓPEZ ESTRADA, Francisco: "Libros de viajeros hispánicos medievales" Madrid, Ediciones Laberinto, 2002. ISBN 8484830667.
* RAMÍREZ DE ARELLANO, Rafael: "Estudios biográficos: Pero Tafur". Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia.41: 278-98.
* VIVES GATELL, José: "Andanças e viajes de un higaldo español (Pero Tafur, 1436-1439),con una descripción de Roma". Analecta Sacra Tarraconensia 19 (1949): 127-207.
* CARTELLIERI, Otto: "Pero Tafur, ein spanischer Weltreisender des 15. Jahrhunderts, in: Festschrift Alexander Cartellieri zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstag dargebracht von Freunden und Schülern", Weimar 1927.
* STEHLIN, Karl & THOMMEN, Rudolf: "Aus der Reisebeschreibung des Pero Tafur, 1438 und 1439".
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