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in 1562. The pair were finally ransomed by the
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assumed the throne in 1607. Susenyos invited him to his court, where the two became friends. Susenyos made a grant of land to Páez on the peninsula of
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God, the devil, and adventure: The story of Pedro Páez, the
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Dios, el diablo y la aventura: La historia de Pedro Páez, el español que descubrió el Nilo Azul
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Rerum Aethiopicarum Scriptores occidentales Inedtii
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