Alves, Jorge Santos. Fernão Mendes Pinto and the “Peregrinação”.

I should like to begin by stressing that in writing these lines we are paying homage to the greatest philological monument ever erected in honor of the Peregrinação. Now that such an “epistemological leap” has been made, I can say that this valuable and wise work promises to breathe a new lease of life into an area that—because of Portuguese traditions—is subject to regular commemoration.