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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’ [‎64] (85/508)

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 Peter Delia Valle,
fifteenth. Was the firft day of the Fcaft of the Indian-Gentiles^
which they Celebrate very folemnly at the entrance of the
Spring, with dancings through the ftreet 5 and cafting Orange
Water and red Colours in jeft one upon another, with other fe-
ftivicies of Songs and Mumftieries^as I have formerly feen the fame'
in Sphaban 5 where alfo refide conftantly a great number of Ba
nians and Indian-Gentiles4 Yet the folemnity and concourfe of
people was greater then in ferfia^ as being in their own Country,
and a City inhabited in a gfeat part by Gentiles and wealthier
perfons. Otherwife, I faw nothing at Surat during thefe three
Feftival Days, but what I had feen already at Sphahan, and have
mention'd in my Writings from that place, March the
eighteenth. Being invited to the Dutch Houle, we there faw
the Contrad of Sig w Mariam^ the Daughter of the abovefaid
Armenian or Syrian Merchant, Refident Ahmedahad with Sig*
Guiglielmo a Dutch-man, which was follow'd by a fumptuous
Dinner, at which were all the Ghriftian Dames of Europe that
Jiv*d at Surat to attend upon the Bride 5 namely, one Portugal
Woman taken in the Jaft Ships, which were furpriz'd by the
Dutch) and married likewife to a Dutch-man 5 Mary Bagdadina,
Wife to another Hollander^ and with them alfo my young Mariant
linatin 5 and another born in India, and contracted to a Dutch-
man 5 of which Nation, many upon the encouragement of
certain priviledges granted them by the State, marry Wives in
India of any kind, either white Women or black, and go to
people New Batavia , which they have built in Jaija Major,
near a place which they call Giacatora 5 and they that cannot
light upon Free-women for Marriage, buy flaves and make them
their lawful Wives to tranfport thither. At this entertainment
were prefent alfo the Prefidentof the Engli/h, with all thofeof
his Nation, all the Dutch Merchants, the Brides Brother, Sig:
Alberto SciUing, my felf, and in fliort, all the European Chriftians
that were in Surat, t
March the one and twentieth, A Poft came to the Dutch
Merchants from Agra, with frefh News, that Sultan Chorrom,
had befides the former, giveri a new fack to the faid City, and
the Souldiers committing the like and greater Cruelties, exafpe-
rated perhaps,at their being valoroufly repuls'd^n affaulting the
Caftle with lofs of many of their Companions. March the two
and twentieth, This Morning the Meffenger whom Ihad fent
to Daman , return'd to Surat with the anfwer which I expefted.
F. Antonio writ me word that there was but one of thofe Light
Veflels belonging to Daman, and it was now at Surat, being late
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wherefore he advisd me to agree with him for my tranfpor-
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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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‘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’ [‎64] (85/508), British Library: Printed Collections, 212.d.1., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023664258.0x000056> [accessed 20 February 2025]

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