![‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎12] (33/508)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517141.0x000001/212.d.1._0033.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎12] (33/508)")
‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [12] (33/508)
The record is made up of 1 volume (480 pages). It was created in 1665. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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The Travels of Fcter Delia Valle,
caufe of my Ague, and therefore ftaid in a Tent, well coverd
with Clothes upon my bed, which 1 caus'd to be laid upon the
ground 5 waiting till the Captain fent me a Coach 5 and Carts from
the City for my goods. Whilft I was lying in thisplace^ the
violence of my fit was fcarce over, when I beheld a Cavalie'r ap
pear on the (hore on Horfe-back, cloth'd and arm'd after the
Indian manner with a Scemiter and Target, who came towards
our Tent, and ftood ftill to fpeak with fome perfon 3 as if he in-
quir'd for fomething among us : Upon his nearer approach, and
my better confidering him, I perceiv'd *twas my great friend
Sig: Alberto di Scilling^ who being return'd from Barocci, whi
ther the Prefidenthad told me he was gone, and hearing news of
us,was come from Surat to the Sea fide to meet me. Whereupon
raifing my felf fuddenly from the bed, we received one the other
with luch kindnelles as are ufual between two good friends who
come from far, and have not feen one another a long time -
after which fitting down together, we recounted our adventures
one to the other at length, he much condoling my misfortunes
and regretting to find me Efficiently different from what he had
left me mPerjia. Towards Evening came two Coaches and a
Carr, with which we went together to the Town Sohal, where
vve found the two Captains of the Ihips waiting for us with a Col
lation ready prepar'd, which immediately they gave us enter-
taimng us ,n converfation till night; and certain Indian Women
to f hfH" i P r dan <: ers > g ave us fome paftime by dancing
fl ln tv ^ D ' U r m33 and ot her inftruments ofthef
alhion, which vyere founded by their Hulbands with very pre.it
. 0, I 5 1 an not without difturbance of my head. A lirtlp u/fi-t,"
night the Captains took leave of us, and returned to their fh
lown^ becaufe it was neceflarv to u i*
enter into Sural, the GateMjf thp rli- K before we could
time, at leaft that of or ^fto.fh" r" ^ ^
which we were to pals Thev ^ 0 ou ^ through
feven Co. or Coru, ("for 'tis all one ) ViS Z ^lrvCo ^P'
halfaFer^7»4, or league of - r u • Cqpu is
then twoEnglifti Mile" ' th3tlt anfwe « to little left
towards Surat, andbein^Vconceiv' ^ f" 1 lel ^ es on the way
but (hort, and that when I ^ y "u there wou,d bc
be by Sea ; therefoSo aS
ance and of the Doean/t r 1 a i ® ll ble, both of convey-
be rigorous in Surat I left all 0m l!? ou ^> w hich is known to
quifite for daily ufe Thp hi u r few things as were re-
City, (as'tis ahb SeraSinSr 37 - fr0n V he Seafide to the
we were) is all very even-the foil ' II1 ' ; ' co fwherein
Town sckali groTabunlie of t ' 15 1 ^ Wnd about the
plentiful.
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The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies . Translated from the Italian by George Havers. A dedication, written by Havers to the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery, precedes the main text. The second part of the volume, A Voyage to East-India with a description of the large territories under the subjection of the Great Mogol , was written by Edward Terry, and not, as the frontispiece suggests, by Sir Thomas Roe.
Publication details: Printed by J Macock for Henry Herringman, London, 1665.
There are pencil and ink annotations in margins of many pages in the volume. The index at the end of the volume is handwritten, and contains entries for: Persia, Portuguize [Portuguese], Surat, Ormuz [Hormuz], Cambay [Khambhat], and Shah Abbas.
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