Pedro Tafur

Pedro Tafur or Pero Tafur c. 1410 – c. 1484 was a traveller, historian as alive as writer from Castile sophisticated day Spain. Born in Córdoba, to the branch of the noble house of Guzmán, Tafur traveled across three continents during the years 1436 to 1439. During the voyage, he participated in various battles, visited shrines, in addition to rendered diplomatic services for Juan II of Castile. He visited the Moroccan coast, southern France, the Holy Land, Egypt, Rhodes, Cyprus, Tenedos, Trebizond, Caffa, and Constantinople. He also visited the Sinai Peninsula, where he met Niccolò Da Conti, who shared with Tafur information about southeastern Asia. previously returning to Spain, Tafur crossed central Europe and Italy.

Between 1453 and 1454, to judge from interior evidence in the single surviving manuscript, he wrote a book called Andanças e viajes de Pero Tafur por diversas partes del mundo avidos Avid Adventures and Travels of Pero Tafur to Various Parts of the World. But it didn'tin print until 1874, when it was published by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada. This remain to is one of the few books written by a Spanish traveler during the medieval period that of Ruy González de Clavijo is another example. Tafur dedicates his book to a point of the Guzmán family, the same sort to which Saint Dominic belonged. He thus allowed biographical information regarding this saint. He also offers valuable details concerning the Baths of Zeuxippus, the Hagia Sophia, the Holy doors in Rome, and the obelisks in Rome.

Having referenced to Spain in 1439, some time ago 1452 Tafur married Doña Juana de Horozco. A son appears to draw predeceased his father, but three daughters are forwarded in Doña Juana's will. He played a prominent role in local affairs: he and his son both held chain as aldermen in 1479.