India in the Fifteenth Century: Being a Collection of Narrative of Voyages to India, in the Century Preceding the Portuguese Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; From Latin, Persian, Russian…
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India in the Fifteenth Century: Being a Collection of Narrative of Voyages to India, in the Century Preceding the Portuguese Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; From Latin, Persian, Russian…
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R. H. Major's India in the Fifteenth Century is an extraordinary compilation of early travel narratives that chronicle European and Asian voyages to the Indian subcontinent before the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to the East. Drawing from Persian, Russian, and Latin sources, this collection paints a vivid picture of India's political, religious, and commercial life as seen through the eyes of foreign travelers. These accounts—many translated into English for the first time—include the observations of Niccolò de' Conti, Abd-er-Razzak, Athanasius Nikitin, and others whose journeys offer valuable insight into the court life of Indian rulers, the wealth and organization of cities like Vijayanagara and Calicut, and the cultural intersections of Islam, Hinduism, and early global trade. Editor R. H. Major contextualizes each account with scholarly notes, bridging the gap between exotic detail and historical relevance. The narratives offer a rare, unfiltered glimpse into 15th-century India before it became a battleground of European imperialism. Merchants, envoys, soldiers, and mystics reveal a land both complex and cosmopolitan, far removed from Western stereotypes. A key text for historians, anthropologists, and those fascinated by the early stages of global exploration, this volume is not just a record of travel but a mosaic of cross-cultural encounter at the threshold of the modern world.
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Table of contents
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITOR’S PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION
- NARRATIVE OF THE JOURNEY OF ABD-ER-RAZZAK, AMBASSADOR FROM SHAH ROKH. A.H. 845. A.D. 1442.
- THE TRAVELS OF NICOLÒ CONTI, IN THE EAST, IN THE EARLY PART OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
- THE TRAVELS OF ATHANASIUS NIKITIN OF TWER
- ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY OF HIERONIMO DI SANTO STEFANO, A GENOVESE, ADDRESSED TO MESSER GIOYAN JACOBO MAINER.