The travels and journal of Ambrosio Bembo /translated from the Italian by Clara Bargellini ; edited and annotated and with an introduction by Anthony Welch.
Bembo, Ambrosio,
The travels and journal of Ambrosio Bembo /translated from the Italian by Clara Bargellini ; edited and annotated and with an introduction by Anthony Welch. - Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 451 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
In 1671, Ambrosio Bembo, a young nobleman, decided to broaden his knowledge of the world through travel. He undertook a remarkable, occasionally hazardous, four-year voyage to Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and the Portuguese colonies of western India. His journal opens a perspective on the Near East and India at a time when few Europeans traveled to these lands.
9780520940130
Electronic Books.
DS47 / .T738 2007
The travels and journal of Ambrosio Bembo /translated from the Italian by Clara Bargellini ; edited and annotated and with an introduction by Anthony Welch. - Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 451 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
In 1671, Ambrosio Bembo, a young nobleman, decided to broaden his knowledge of the world through travel. He undertook a remarkable, occasionally hazardous, four-year voyage to Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and the Portuguese colonies of western India. His journal opens a perspective on the Near East and India at a time when few Europeans traveled to these lands.
9780520940130
Electronic Books.
DS47 / .T738 2007