The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. I

Note 26 — GOMES EANNES DE AZURARA;

C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley translation

The offices of Chief Chronicler, Keeper of the Royal Archives and Royal Librarian were, as a rule, held by the same individual and conferred at the same time, as in the case of Ruy de Pina, but Azurara had the position of Royal Librarian for at least two years before he obtained the others, namely from 1452, as already mentioned (p. v).

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