A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon
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A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon
Asian Educational Services, 1996
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A description of the East India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon with their adjacent kingdoms & provinces
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
"Translated from the high-Dutch printed at Amsterdam, 1672."
Originally published: London : Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1703
Includes index
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内容説明
Francois Bernier was a French doctor who, with a desires to see the world, travelled to, and then travelled in India from 1656-1669. This fascinating work written in the form of a series of letters to people back home offers eye witness accounts of the politics and intrigues in the Mugal court just before the capture of the Mugal throne by Aurangzeb. Many incident are described in detail including the war for the throne between the 4 sons of shahjanan. It recounts the splendour of the Mugal court, its courtiers, the occupation of the people of the Mugal empire.Being a doctor he was one of the rare males to be admitted into the zenna (womens quarters)of aurangezeb. Bernier travelled all over the Mugal empire including travelling with the court of Aurangzeb to Kashmir. He gives a vivid description of the cities he visited esp Delhi and Agra and Lahore and details the daily life of the people with amusing anecdotes. It is a revised and enlarged edition based upon Irving Brock's translated by Archibald Constable.
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