Valentim Fernandes (died 1518 or 1519) was aprinter who lived inPortugal. An ethnicGerman originally fromMoravia, he moved to Lisbon, Portugal in 1495 where he lived and worked for 23 years, he was a writer and a translator of various classical texts.[1] He printed on the orders ofLeonor of Viseu and worked on the bookVita Christi.[1]
His 1506-1507Descripcam described how camel caravans carried Saharan salt fromOualata toTimbuktu, and then ontoDjenne. There the salt was exchanged with theSoninke Wangara for gold.[2]
He died in Lisbon in 1518 or 1519.
He worked with different intellectuals and artists, includingAlbrecht Dürer,Hieronymus Münzer and Mathias Ringmann (better known asPhilesius Vogesigena who was a translator).
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