The commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his embassy to Shah ʿAbbās I of Persia on behalf of Philip III, King of Spain

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The commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his embassy to Shah ʿAbbās I of Persia on behalf of Philip III, King of Spain

translated from the original Spanish manuscript by Jeffrey S. Turley ; edited, with an introduction and annotations, by Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

(European expansion and indigenous response / edited by Glenn J. Ames, v. 26)

Brill, c2017

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [863]-892) and index

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The Commentaries is the first complete English language translation, with complete annotations, of a unique and extraordinary memoir from the pen of the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa over the course of his embassy to Persia (1614-1624). The Commentaries transcend the travel-literature genre, emerging as a precocious European intellectual global history that is remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth, its historical depth, and its ethnographic and even artistic sensitivity. The Commentaries will be of interest to historians, ethnographers, and literary critics, or anyone with an interest in early modern European accounts of the encounter between the Portuguese and Spanish Empires and Safavid Persia during the early modern period.

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General Editor's Preface Acknowledgments List of Tables, Maps, and Plates Measurements Monies Abbreviations Introduction The Commentaries of D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shah 'Abbas I of Persia on behalf of Philip III, king of Spain Book I [The Voyage to India April-November 1614] Book II Description of the Island and City of Goa Book III [Goa to Hormuz 21 March-12 October 1617] Book IV [Journey to Qazvin and Meeting with Shah, 12 October 1617-1618] Book V [Report on the Regions of the Persian Empire] Book VI [Long-delayed Meetings with Shah 'Abbas I in Esfahan and Return to Goa, 27 July 1618-15 December 1620] Book VII [First Attempt to Return to Spain and Forced Return from Mozambique to Goa. Account of Loss of Qeshm and Hormuz. D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa's Final Departure from Goa. 19 December 1620-28 April 1624] Bibliography Index

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