Coin Commemorative Coin Ship Fernão Mendes Pinto Portugal 2011 UNC - st Bu

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Coin Commemorative Coin Ship Fernão Mendes Pinto Portugal 2011 UNC - st Bu
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Fernão Mendes Pinto [fɯɾ'nɐ̃ũ 'mẽdɨʃ 'pĩtu] (* 1509, 1510 or 1514 in Montemor-o-Velho; † 1583 in Pragal (near Almada)), was a Portuguese explorer and writer. During his travels he visited the Middle and Far East, Ethiopia, the Arabian Sea, China, India and Japan. His adventures became known through the posthumous publication of his memoirs, The Pilgrimage (Portuguese: Peregrinação) in 1614. The truth content of the epic designed work is difficult to determine. The travelogue includes a historical source for Asian life in the 16th century in literary form. Century and criticism of colonialism. The description of colonialism as exploitation under the pretext of a religious mission is unusual for the time when the Peregrinação was formed. At the time of the Inquisition, Fernão Mendes Pinto had to express his vision indirectly using literary elements.
- Motif: Carrack of the explorer on the high seas with the stations of his pilgrimage Lisboa (Lisbon) to Mozambique, Tanegashima in Japan, India with Diu and Goa, Myanmar, Mongolia and China, through the Straits of Melaka and Hormuz, to Sunda, Macau, Patane, Thailand and Cambodia to the shipwreck on the Lequio (Ryukyu) Islands, country name Portugal, twelve stars
- Mintage: 500,000 normal coinage (uncirculated to uncirculated)
Fernão Mendes Pinto [fɯɾ'nɐ̃ũ 'mẽdɨʃ 'pĩtu] (* 1509, 1510 or 1514 in Montemor-o-Velho; † 1583 in Pragal (near Almada)), was a Portuguese explorer and writer. During his travels he visited the Middle and Far East, Ethiopia, the Arabian Sea, China, India and Japan. His adventures became known through the posthumous publication of his memoirs, The Pilgrimage (Portuguese: Peregrinação) in 1614. The truth content of the epic designed work is difficult to determine. The travelogue includes a historical source for Asian life in the 16th century in literary form. Century and criticism of colonialism. The description of colonialism as exploitation under the pretext of a religious mission is unusual for the time when the Peregrinação was formed. At the time of the Inquisition, Fernão Mendes Pinto ha
Erhaltungsgrad
Prägefrisch
Angebotsumfang
Einzelstück
Jahr
2011
Motiv
Schiff Pinto
Herstellungsland und -region
Portugal
Metall/Material
Bi-Metall