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1494–1600 · an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley

Also known as: Hasan bin Muhammed al-Wazzan al-Fasi, Joannes Leo Africanus, Johannes Leo Africanus, Лев Африканский, ليون الإفريقي, 레오 아프리카누스

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Known works

Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica (1994)
De l'Afrique, contenant la description de ce pays
Fez dans la cosmographie d'Al-Hassan ben Mohammed al-Wazzan az-Zayyati, dit Léon l'Africain
Ioannis Leonis Africani Africæ descriptio IX. lib. absoluta
Waṣf Ifrīqiyā