Gomes Eanes de Zurara

Gomes Eanes de Azurara, Portuguese Gomes Eanes de Zurara (* around 1410 in Azurara in Vila do Conde, † 1474 ) was a Portuguese historian.

Azurara was an employee of Fernão Lopes and was in 1454 as the successor to the royal chronicler. Azurara sat with his book " Crónica da tomada de Ceuta " the incomplete description of the reign of the Portuguese King John I of Lopes continued. The work deals with the conquest of the Muslim coastal cities of North Africa. Azuraras masterpiece is the " Crónica do Descobrimento e conquista da Guiné ", the first description of the Portuguese voyages of discovery and a paean to the role of Henry the Navigator.

Writings

• Chronica del Rei D. Joam I de boa memória. Terceira parte em que se CONTAM a Tomada de Ceuta. Lisbon 1644
• Chronica do Descobrimento e Conquista da Guiné Paris ed 1841 English edition of Edgar Prestage in 2 vols. Hakluyt Society, London, 1896-1899: The Chronicle of Discovery and Conquest of Guinea.
• Chronica do Conde D. Pedro de Menezes. Printed in: ineditos de Historia Portugueza, vol. ii (Lisbon, 1792)
• Chronica do Conde D. Duarte de Menezes. Printed in: ineditos de Historia Portugueza. Vol iii, Lisbon 1793
• Crónica de Ceuta since tomada