Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Giving an Account of the Present State of Those Countries, Viz. of Their Religion, Government, Customs, and Commerce. As Also the Figures, Weights, and Value of the Money and Coins Severally Currant Therein. The Second Part: Describing India and the Isles Adjacent

The Six Travels of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky and Persia to the Indies, During the Space of Forty Years

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89) was one of the most renowned travelers of 17th century Europe. The son of a French Protestant who had fled Antwerp to escape religious persecution, Tavernier was a jewel merchant who between 1632 and 1668 made six voyages to the East. The countries he visited (most more than once) included present-day Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. In 1676 he published his two-volume Les six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier (The six voyages of Jean Baptiste Tavernier). An abridged and very imperfect English translation of the book appeared in 1677. The first modern scholarly edition in English, presented here, was published in 1889, with translation, notes, and a biographical sketch of Tavernier by Dr. Valentine Ball (1843-95), a British civil servant with the Indian Geological Service. Among the most memorable chapters in the book are those that recount Tavernier's visits to the diamond mines of India and his inspection of the jewels of the Great Mogul. Tavernier was not a scholar or an educated linguist, and after his initial popularity in the 17th century his authority waned, as historians and others questioned the accuracy of his observations. In the 20th century, however, Tavernier's reputation rose, as such important historians as Lucien Febvre and Fernand Braudel used the detailed information he recorded about the prices and qualities of goods and about business and commercial practices in their pioneering studies of economic and social history. The book contains several appendices by Ball about famous diamonds (including the historic Koh-i-Noor Diamond now belonging to the British royal family), diamond mines in India and Borneo, ruby mines in Burma, and sapphire washings in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A fold-out map shows Tavernier's voyages in India and the mines he visited.

Travels in India

Valentine Ball

Topkapı sarayında yaşam

in drie delen begrepen : [Met veel kopere platen verciert]

Alle de werken

John Starkey

The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier - through Turkey into Persia and the East-Indies finished in the Year, giving an Account of the State of those Countries is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1678. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Through Turkey Into Persia and the East-Indies Finished in the Year, Giving an Account of the State of Those Countries

The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier

An 1889 translation of the account of his Indian travels by French merchant Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89).

worinnen unterschiedliche Anmerckungen von der Beschaffenheit der Religion, Regierung, Gebräuchen und Handlungen, jeglichen Landes enthalten. Samt den Figuren, Gewichten und dem Mass der Müntzen, welche in diesen Länderen gangbar sind. Anfangs Französisch beschrieben, und in drey Theil abgetheilt, anjetzo aber nebenst der Beschreibung des türkischen Serrails, und der Krönung des jetzt regierenden Königs in Persien

Beschreibung der sechs Reisen, welche Johan Baptista Tavernier, Ritter und Freyherr von Aubonne, in Türckey, Persien und Jndien, innerhalb viertzig Jahren, durch alle Wege, die man nach diesen Länderen nehmen kan, verrichtet

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

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