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Chapter 1: Travels to Tana and Persia, and A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia
By Giosofat Barbaro
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A group of six Italian travel narratives recounts journeys to Tana and Persia during the era of Shah Ismail, offering firsthand descriptions of political consolidation, the revival of Persian identity, and the widening estrangement between Persia and neighboring Muslim states. The observers detail court ceremonies, commercial routes, geography, local customs, and the dangers and logistics of overland travel, sometimes cross-referencing one another. Translations and editorial notes present the texts in their original orthography and with emendations and commentary for modern readers.

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Title: Travels to Tana and Persia

A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuries

Author: Giosofat Barbaro

Ambrogio Contarini

Editor: Baron Henry Edward John Stanley Stanley

Translator: Eugene Armand Roy

William Thomas

Release date: February 4, 2025 [eBook #75292]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Burt Franklin, 1873

Credits: Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Transcriber’s Note

These are old texts, and part of their value includes preserving them as written with all of their inconsistencies intact. That said, some probable printing errors were identified and fixed; these are listed at the end. In addition, word spacing and punctuation have been amended without further note. The listed errata have NOT been fixed, again in the interest of preserving the original.

Travels to Tana and Persia,
and
A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia

WORKS ISSUED BY
The Hakluyt Society.

TRAVELS TO TANA AND PERSIA,
BY BARBARO AND CONTARINI.

A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA,
IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.

FIRST SERIES. NO. XLIX-MDCCCLXXIII

TRAVELS
TO
TANA AND PERSIA,

BY
JOSAFA BARBARO
AND
AMBROGIO CONTARINI.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY
WILLIAM THOMAS, CLERK OF THE COUNCIL TO EDWARD VI,
AND BY
S. A. ROY, ESQ.

AND EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY
LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY.

BURT FRANKLIN, PUBLISHER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Published by
BURT FRANKLIN
514 West 113th Street
New York 25, N. Y.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY

REPRINTED BY PERMISSION

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