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The travels of Pietro della Valle in India . Volume II /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : [London] :
Ashgate ; Hakluyt Society,
2010.
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| Colección: | Hakluyt Society, First Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LETTER IV; Departure from Goa; Meeting with Braham Ambassador; Difficulty about license; Voyage continued ... ; Description of Onor; Visit to a hot stream and cistern; Death of Venk- tapa Naieka's wife; Negotiations with Venk-tapa Naieka; News from Goa and Europe; LETTER V; Indian and Egyptian idolatry compared; Description of the jounrey up Garsopa river; Departure from Garsopa; Present from Moorish Captain; Boys learning arithmetic; Continuation of journey; Use of cow-dung described; Departure from Tumbre; Arrival at Ahineli; Letter from Vitula Sinay.
- Arrival of BadraCane bedsteads; Description of the Captin-General and his son; Cavalcade described; Interview with King Venk-tapa; The Kings' speech; Procession of singing-girls described; Apparatus for swinging festival described; Letters from Goa; Latitude of Ikkeri ascertained; Latitide of Ikkeri assertained a second time; Funeral procession; Conversation witha widow about to burn herself; Religion dance by a priest; Great procession of idols; Great illumination; More dancing; LETTER VI; Book presented by Vitula Sinay; Scruples of native as to eating; Continuation of journey by river.
- Continuation of voyageVisit to Banghel; Mass and sermon; Meeting the Queen of Olala; Theory as to Indian gods; History of Queen of Olala; description of the Queens palace; Conversation with Queen's son; Dinner prepared; Further conversation with Queen's son; Description of 'Lagne', or Indian nuts; Attempt at interview with the Queen; LETTER VII; Latitude of Mangalor ascertained; Descrption of a temple; The Kings hibitation described; Interview with the king of the Jogies; Dinner in a peasents cottage; Arrival of Portuguese fleet; Departure from Mangalor; Latitude of Calicut ascertained.
- Account of the Malabar peopleDescription of the palace; Interview with King's nieces; Conversation with the king; Conduct of portuguese companions; Discourse of the king; Strange custom of the Nairs; Departure from Calicut; Departure from Cananor; Fleet anchors near rocks of Sta. Maria; Contuniation of voyage; Visit to Jesuit church; Proclamation of Viceroy of Goa; News from Ormuz; News from Persia; Festival of the Jesuits; Visit to Guadalupe; LETTER VIII; Festival of Martyrs; Procession and religious ceremonies described; Despatch of fleet to Ormuz; More ships sent to Ormuz; News from Europe.
- A Canarese wedding describedNews of the wreck of a Portuguese ship on coast of Africa; Visit to the Prior of the convent of Ispahan; Solemn cavalcade; Adventures of a cavalier; Festival of St. Bartholomew; Fight with an English ship; War between Adil Shah and Nizam Shah; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.