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Peregrinação - A Spiritual Journey

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Peregrinação is a Portuguese literary work that was a bestseller in its time and its popularity has not waned even in the 21st century, given the number of languages into which the work has been translated. The book contains the memoirs of Fernão Mendes Pinto, expounding the details of his travels and consequently his life. Originally translated as Pilgrimage, the latest English translation is titled Peregrination , which has been deemed to be much more appropriate to the subject matter presented. Fernão Mendes Pinto was born in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal in either 1509 or 1510. He went from being a servant boy to being captured by pirates as a ship boy. He later left Portugal to join the Portuguese India Armadas, but not before serving under Francisco de Faria, a knight of Santiago and Jorge de Lencastre, a master of the Order of Santiago. He undertook numerous voyages: through the region of the Red Sea, from the coast of Africa to the Persian Gulf and from India he travelled to Siam