Antonio da Magdalena

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Antonio da Magdalena 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. Attempted to aid in a reconstruction effort of Angkor, but it failed horribly

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