![‘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’ [‎355] (376/508)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517141.0x000001/212.d.1._0376.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’ [‎355] (376/508)")
‘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’ [355] (376/508)
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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this place by Alexander the Great 3 and here he encountring with
huge Elephants zs well as with a mighty Ho aft of Men 3 faid 3 as
Curtius reports, Tandem par animo meo invenipericulum ^ That
he had met with dangers to equal his great mind. I was told by
Tom: Cory at (who took fpecial notice of this place) that he being
in the City of Delle^ obferved a very great Pillar Marble a
Gree^infcription upon it^hich time hath almoft quite worn out
eredted (as he fuppofed) there 3 and then, by Great Alexander^ to
preferve the memory of that famous Vi&ory.
16. Bando 9 the chief City fo called 5 it confineth to the
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Malway, a very fruitful Province j Rantipore is its chief
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18. Chitor^ an ancient great Kingdom, the chief City fo cal
led, which ftandeth upon a mighty high Hill flat on the top,
walled about at the leaft ten Englifh miles. There appear to
this day above an hundred ruined Churches, and divers fair Pa
laces, which are lodged in like manner among their Ruines 3
befides many exquifite Pillars of Carved Stone 3 andthe Ruines
likewife at the leaft of an hundred thoufand Stone-Houfcs,
as many Englifh by their obfervation have ghrfied. There
is but one afcent unto it, cut out of a firm Rock, to which
a man muft pafs through four (fometimes very magnificent)
Gates. Its chief inhabitants at this day are Ziim and ohim^ Birds
and Wild Beafts 5 but the ftately Ruines thereof give a fhadow
of its Beauty while itflouriQied in its Pride. It was won from
Ranas^ an ancient Indian Prince, who was forc'd to live himfelf
ever after in high mountainous places adjoyning to that Pro
vince, and his Pofterity to live there ever fince. Taken from him
it was by Achabar Padjha fthe Father of that King who lived and
reigned when I was in thofe parts) after a very long fiege, which
famiftied the beiieged, without which it could never have been
gotten.
19. Guzarat, a Very goodly, and large, and an exceeding
rich Province 5 it enclofeth the Bay of Cambaya ' x its chief City
is Afftadavaz* , befides, it hath in it Cambaya^ Broaera^ Baroch, and
Surat) fair Cities j but the firft of thofe I named, more fpacious,
and populous, and rich, then any of the other. It is watered with
many goodly Rivers, as that of Cambaya, (falfly fuppofed to be
Indus) with the River Narbodah, (pafiingby Baroch^nd fo to the
SeaJ with the River Taplee, which watereth Surat. The Mer
chants which are the Natives of this Province trade to the Red
Sea, to Acbin, and to divers other places.
20. Chandis, the chief City called Brampore, which is very ^
great, and rich, and full of people. Adjoyning to this Province
lived a petty Prince,called Partapjha, tributary to the Adegol , and
this is the moft Southernmoft part of all his Territories.
21. Berar, the chief City is called the Southernmoft
part whereof doth likewife bound this Empire.
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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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