Travels of Pietro Della Valle in India

From the Old English Translation of 1664

By:

Pietro Della Valle

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. A member of a noble Roman family, Pietro della Valle began travelling in 1614 at the suggestion of a doctor, as an alternative to suicide after a failed love affair. The letters describing his travels in Turkey, Persia and India were addressed to this advisor. This 1664 English translation of della Valle's letters from India, republished by the Hakluyt Society in 1892, contains fascinating ethnographic details, particularly on religious beliefs, and is an important source for the history of the Keladi region of South India.

Release date Australia

June 24th, 2010

Author

Pietro Della Valle

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Contributors

Edited by Edward Grey
Translated by G. Havers

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

3 b/w illus. 1 map

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

276

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

Dimensions

140x216x16

ISBN-13

9781108014939

Product ID

6276452

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