Travels of Pietro Della Valle in India From the Old English Translation of 1664 |
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| Author:
| Della Valle, Pietro |
| Translator:
| Havers, G. |
| Editor:
| Grey, Edward |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-01494-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Multiple-item retail product |
| List Price: | AUD $81.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.