 After returning from his grand tour, the first sections of Africa were written in the valley of Vaucluse.Petrarch recalls
The fact that he abandoned it early on is not entirely correct since it was far along when he received two invitations (from Rome and from Paris) in September 1340 each asking him to accept the crown as poet laureate.A preliminary form of the poem was completed in time for the laurel coronation April 8, 1341 (Easter Sunday).