Born about 1486.—Died after 1540.
Born at Grenada—Educated at Fez—Visits Timbuctoo—Anecdote
of a Mohammedan general—Adventures among the snowy
wilds of Mount Atlas—Visits the Bedouins of Northern
Africa—Resides in the kingdom of Morocco—People living in
baskets—Unknown ruins in Mount Dedas—Troglodytes—Travels
with a Moorish chief—Visits the city of Murderers—Adventure
with lions—Clouds of locusts—Is nearly stung to death by
fleas—Beautiful scenery—Tradition concerning the prophet
Jonah—Is engaged in a whimsical adventure among the
mountains—Jew artisans—Hospitality—Witnesses a bloody
battle—Delightful solitude—Romantic lake—Fishing and
hunting—Arabic poetry—Excursions through Fez—Ruins of
Rabat—Visits Telemsan and Algiers—Desert—Antelopes—Elegant
little city—City of Telemsan—History of a Mohammedan
saint—Description of Algiers—Barbarossa and Charles
V.—City of Kosantina—Ancient ruins and gardens—City
mentioned in Paradise Lost—Carthage—Segelmessa—Crosses
the Great Desert—Tremendous desolation—Story of two
merchants—Description of Timbuctoo—Women—Costume—Course
of the Niger—Bornou—Nubia—Curious poison—Egypt—Ruins of
Thebes—Cairo—Crime of a Mohammedan saint—Dancing camels and
asses—Curious anecdote of a mountebank—Ladies of Cairo—Is taken
by pirates, and sold as a slave—Pope Leo X.—Is converted to
Christianity—Resides in Italy, and writes his “Description of
Africa”—Date of his death unknown 109