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Valentim Fernandes (died 1518 or 1519) was a printer who lived in Portugal. An ethnic German originally from Moravia, he moved to Portugal in 1495. He produced prints on the orders of Leonor of Viseu and worked on the book Vita Christi.
His 1506-1507 Descripcam described how camel caravans carried Saharan salt from Oualata to Timbuktu, and then onto Djenne. Their the salt was exchanged with the Soninke Wangara for gold.
He died in Lisbon in 1518 or 1519.
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