English

The travels of Pedro Teixeira; with his "Kings of Harmuz," and extracts from his "Kings of Persia."

Comprises translations from the "Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el origen descendencia y svccession de los reyes de Perisia, y de Harmuz, y de vn viage hecho por el mismo avtor dende la India Oriental hasta Italia por tierra", Amberes, 1610 · "The first coming of the English and the Dutch to the East" [taken largely from Portuguese sources]; p. xxv-ixxxix · "Captain John Steven's preface to his translation of ... 'Kings of Persia' and 'Kings of Harmuz'; including the author's preface to his whole work": p. ci-cvii · "Narrative of my journey from India to Italy": p. 1-151. A translation of p. 47-115 [i. e. 215] of the second part of the "Relaciones" · "A short narrative of the origin of the kingdom of Harmuz and of its kings ... written by Torunxa" (p. [153]-192) translated from p. 1-46 of the second part of the "Relaciones". The Spanish text is a summarized translation of the "Shahnama" of Turan Shah · "Extracts from the 'Relation of the kings of Persia'": p. [196]-239. These extracts are taken from the first part of the "Relaciones" (p. 1-376) being a summarized translation, with digressions, of Mir Khawand's "Rauzat-us-safa" · "A short account of the most notable provinces and th

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