Fernão Mendes Pinto [SEP] place of death
beast that can only be tamed by magic. Fernão Mendes is shown with unusual fluffy whiskers and beard like the wings spread on his chest. European facial features include a long nose, round eyes, textured cheekbones, high forehead and pear-shaped skull. He is depicted as tall, round-shouldered and thin in a naturalistic way. His long frock shows European buttons.
In 1978, a crater on Mercury was named "Mendes Pinto" after Pinto.
A high school in Almada, Portugal, built in
the main organizer of the project.
- , Fernão Mendes Pinto, 1614
The "Pilgrimage" of Fernando Mendes Pinto is perhaps the most translated book of travel literature. It was published in 1614, thirty years after the author's death. What is striking is its exotic content. The author is an expert in describing the geography of India, China and Japan, laws, customs, morals, festivals, trade, justice, war, funerals, etc. Noteworthy also is the forecast of the collapse of the