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First published in 1510 in Italian, this book is a brilliant account of the travels of Ludovico di Varthema an Italian traveller. His travels took him far and wide - from the near and Middle East across India and the Indian Ocean right up to the South-East Asian islands including Malacca, Banda, Pegu, Java and Sumatra. He then came back to India before he set sail for home. The itenary is rich in its description of these places,?the?people?and?their?customs.?Tales?of?local?history?and?legends?abound.
Contents
DISCOURSE ON VARTHEMA AND HIS TRAVELS xvii
The Book xviii
Its Credibility xix
Approximate dates at which Varthema arrived at certain places during his journeys xxiv
Varthema's character as revealed in his Book xxvi
The Itinerary xxvii
In Egypt and Syria xxviii
In Arabia Deserta xxxii
In Arabia Felix XXXVili
In ""Ethiopia"" XIV
In Gujarat (India) xlvi
In Persia xlvii
In India: Cambay to Calicut 1
In Calicut liv
Round Cape Comorin to Ceylon and the Coromandel Coast lix
In Tenasserim lxiv
In Bengal lxvi
In Pegu Ixix
In Malacca and Sumatra Ixx
In the Spice Islands Ixxv
On the return homewards to Calicut Ixxvi
Again in Calicut Ixxviii
A Factor in Calicut and Cochin Ixxxi
The Voyage Home Ixxxii
THE ITINERARY 1
Privilege 3
Dedication 5
Chap. I, concerning Egypt and Syria 7
II, concerning Arabia Deserta 12
III, concerning Arabia Felix 25
IV, concerning ""Ethiopia"" 36
V, concerning Persia 37
VI, concerning Cambay to Calicut in India 44
VII, concerning Calicut 55
VIII, concerning Cape Comorin, the Coromandel Coast of India and Ceylon 71
IX, concerning Tenasserim 74
Chap. X, concerning Bengal 79
XI, concerning Pegu 81
XII, concerning Malacca and Sumatra 83
XIII, concerning the Spice Islands 88
XIV, concerning the Island of Java 90
XV, concerning the Return to Calicut 92
XVI, concerning the Escape to the Portuguese 99
XVII, concerning the Return Home 109
INDEX 115
