Hungarians in North America have an impressive history of their presence on this continent. It begins with Stephen Parmenius of Buda (in Hungarian: Budai Parmenius Istvan), a fine, young scholar and poet, who lived in Oxford, England. He joined the second American expedition of Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 as its official chronicler, and made, together with others, some exploratory visits to the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada, but lost his life in a storm. However, a very scholarly biography, prepared by two Canadian authors, preserved his memory by offering proofs of the outstanding qualities of his personality, his poetry and scholarship, and secured for him a position among the writers of the age of discoveries also.
Rico says it's long; go there to read it.
No comments:
Post a Comment