Title & Author:

Travels to Tana and Persia, by Barbaro and Contarini. A narrative of Italian travels in Persia in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Publication:

[New York], [B. Franklin], [1963]

Description:

xi, 173, xvii, 229 pages 23 cm.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 1st ser., no. 49

Notes:
Half title.
"Edited, with an introduction, by Lord Stanley of Alderley."
The 1st account is translated by W. Thomas, the 2d by S. [i.e. E.] A. Roy, and the 3d-6th by C. Grey.
Reprint of the 1873 ed.
Travels of Josafa Barbaro. -- The travels of ... Ambrosio Contarini. -- Travels in Persia, by C. Zeno. -- A short narrative of the life and acts of the King Ussan Cassano, by G.M. Angiolello. -- The travels of a merchant in Persia. -- Narrative of ... Vincentio d'Alessandri.

Subject:

Travel.
Iran Description and travel.
Iran Descriptions et voyages.
Iran.
Russia Description and travel.

Form/genre:

Narratives (document genre)

Added entries:

Barbaro, Giosofat, -1494.
Contarini, Ambrogio, active 15th century.
Thomas, William, -1554, translator.
Roy, Eugene Armand, translator.
Grey, Charles, 1846-1896, translator.
Stanley, Henry Edward John Stanley, Baron, 1827-1903, editor.
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 1st ser., no. 49.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226937
Call No.: G161 .H22 1963
Status: Available