| ISBN |
1108010814 (pbk.) |
| 9781108010818 (pbk.) |
| Title |
Travels to Tana and Persia, and a narrative of Italian travels in Persia in the 15th and 16th centuries / [by] Giosofat Barbaro ; edited by Henry Edward John Stanley and Charles Grey |
| Publisher |
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 |
| Physical desc. |
xi, 173, [2], xvii, 229, [2] p. ; geneal. tables ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge library collection |
| Note |
Digital reproduction of two separate works issued by the Hakluyt Society: Travels to Tana and Persia / Josafa Barbaro and Ambrogio Contarini (London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1873); and A narrative of Italian travels in Persia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / translated and edited by Charles Grey (London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1873). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Travels of Josafa Barbaro -- The travels of the magnificent M. Ambrogio Contarini, ambassador of the illustrious Signory of Venice to the Great Lord Ussuncassan, King of Persia, in the year 1473 -- Travels in Persia / Caterino Zeno -- Discourse of Messer Giovan Battista Ramusio on the writings of Giovan Maria Angiolello, etc. -- The travels of a merchant in Persia -- Narrative of the most noble Vincentio d'Allessandri. |
| Subject |
Travelers -- Iran -- History |
| Travelers -- Asia, Central -- History |
| Travelers -- Middle East -- History |
| Voyages and travels |
| Iran -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 |
| Added name(s) |
Barbaro, Giosofat d. 1494 |
| Contarini, Ambrogio 15th cent |
| Stanley, Henry Edward John Stanley Baron 1827-1903 |
| Grey, Charles 1846-1896 |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Hakluyt Society |
| Cambridge University Library |
| Series Added Entry |
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society |
