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Pedro Tafur 4: Cyprus, Chios, and Constantinople
Manage episode 431021831 series 2072830
Our 15th-century traveller dodges catastrophe on the Mediterranean and drops in on late-imperial Constantinople, where there's plenty of seafood and the roots of Pedro's family tree.
If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here.
I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble.
Sources:
- Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
- Gregory, Timothy E. A History of Byzantium. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
- Byron, Robert & Rice, David Talbot. The Birth of Western Painting. Routledge, 2013.
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130 episodes
Manage episode 431021831 series 2072830
Our 15th-century traveller dodges catastrophe on the Mediterranean and drops in on late-imperial Constantinople, where there's plenty of seafood and the roots of Pedro's family tree.
If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here.
I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble.
Sources:
- Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
- Gregory, Timothy E. A History of Byzantium. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
- Byron, Robert & Rice, David Talbot. The Birth of Western Painting. Routledge, 2013.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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