Travels of Pietro Della Valle in India -

Klappentext These lively letters from an educated Italian traveller to seventeenth-century India! published in 1892! are an important historical source. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This 1892 volume contains the letters of a seventeenth-century Italian traveller to India. An important historical source on South India! it contains vivid descriptions and fascinating ethnographic details. Inhaltsverzeichnis Letters IV-VIII; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Pietro Della Valle, Della Valle Pietro
• Assisted by: Edward Grey (Editor), Grey Edward (Editor), G. Havers (Translation), Havers G. (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781108013543
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01354-3
• Series: Cambridge History of Latin Ame; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; Travels of Pietro della Valle in India 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, India, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, C 1600 To C 1700, Classic Travel Writing, HISTORY / Asia / South / India