The travels and journal of Ambrosio Bembo / translated from the Italian by Clara Bargellini ; edited and annotated and with an introduction by Anthony Welch.

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Bembo, Ambrosio [author.]

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 451 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520940130
052094013X

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Viaggio e geornale per parte dell'Asia di quattro anni incirca fatto de me Ambrosio Bembo Nobile Veneto (1671-1675). English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

915.043 23

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DS47.2 .B46 2007

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1. From Venice To Aleppo -- 2. From Aleppo To Basra -- 3. Basra, The Gulf, The Arabian Sea, India -- 4. Iran -- 5. From Iran To Venice -- Glossary -- Suggestions For Further Reading -- Index

Summary: 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.

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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.