Antonio da Magdalena
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António da Madalena was a Portuguese
Capuchin friar who was one of the first Western
visitors to Angkor
. He toured the site in 1586, and in 1589 gave an account of his impressions to the historian Diogo do Couto
before being killed in a shipwreck
off Natal. He attempted to aid in a reconstruction effort of Angkor, but the project was unsuccessful.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Capuchin friar who was one of the first Western
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
visitors to Angkor
Angkor
Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. The word Angkor is derived from the Sanskrit nagara , meaning "city"...
. He toured the site in 1586, and in 1589 gave an account of his impressions to the historian Diogo do Couto
Diogo do Couto
Diogo de Couto was a portuguese historian.-Biography:He was born in Lisbon in 1542 and studied Latin and Rhetoric at Saint Antão College and philosophy at the convent at Benfica...
before being killed in a shipwreck
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is what remains of a ship that has wrecked, either sunk or beached. Whatever the cause, a sunken ship or a wrecked ship is a physical example of the event: this explains why the two concepts are often overlapping in English....
off Natal. He attempted to aid in a reconstruction effort of Angkor, but the project was unsuccessful.