Narrative Of The Embassy Of Ruy Gonzalez De Clavijo, To The Court Of Timour At Samarcand, 1403-06 cover

Narrative Of The Embassy Of Ruy Gonzalez De Clavijo, To The Court Of Timour At Samarcand, 1403-06

by Ruy González de Clavijo

*Embajada a Tamorlán,* o *Historia del Gran Tamorlan, e itinerario y enarracion del viage, y relacion de la embajada que Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo le hizo por mandado del rey Enrique III de Castilla,* es un libro de viaje que da cuenta de la experiencia vivida por los embajadores, entre ellos el escritor de la crónica, Ruy González de Clavijo, enviados por el rey Enrique III de Castilla, así como la vida del líder turco-mongol musulmán Temür -Tamurbec, o Tamerlán- quien radicó su corte y capital en Samarcanda. La crónica abarca el viaje entre 1403 y 1406.

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