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Travels In The Mogul Empire

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Author : François Bernier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826

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Travels in the Mogul Empire is the first authoritative translation into English of François Bernier's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, published in Paris in 1670-71. Bernier was born at Joué in the Loire, France, and educated in medicine at the University of Montpellier. Desiring to see the world, he traveled to Syria and Palestine in 1654. He returned to the Middle East in 1656, where he lived for a year in Cairo before sailing south through the Red Sea with the intent of making his way to Gondar (in present-day Ethiopia). Upon learning that conditions there were unsafe for travel, he embarked on a ship bound for the port of Surat on the west coast of India. He remained in India for some 12 years, from 1658 to 1669. He initially served as personal physician to Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and the emperor's designated successor, and later worked for Daneshmand Khan, a nobleman in the court of Emperor Aurangzeb. Bernier witnessed firsthand the bloody civil war and succession struggle of 1656-59 in which Aurangzeb, a younger brother of Dara Shikoh, seized the Mughal throne. In 1664 Bernier traveled with Aurangzeb to Kashmir, "commonly called the paradise of India," becoming most likely the first European to visit the province. Bernier wrote several long letters to correspondents in France, in which he gave detailed descriptions of economic conditions and religious and social customs in northern India, including one to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to King Louis XIV. These letters form part of Travels in the Mogul Empire. Along with his compatriots Jean Chardin (1643-1713) and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89), both of whom he met on his travels, Bernier was the source of most of what Europeans knew about India in the late 17th century-early 18th centuries. Bernier was a thinker as well as an adventurer, and the book is replete with excursions on a range of topics, for example, on the nature of atoms, the Lost Tribes of Israel, winds and currents, rains, and the Nile River. There is also an appendix on the history of travel to India. The book contains a preface by the translator, Irving Brock, an English merchant banker who had literary interests. It has illustrations of notable people and scenes and three fold-out maps.

Travels In The Mogul Empire A D 1656 1668

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Author : François Bernier
language : en
Publisher: Westminster : Constable
Release Date : 1891

Travels In The Mogul Empire A D 1656 1668 written by François Bernier and has been published by Westminster : Constable this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with India categories.

Travels In The Mogul Empire

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Author : François Bernier
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-19

Travels In The Mogul Empire written by François Bernier and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-19 with History categories.

The first modern English translation of a book on travel in seventeenth-century India reasserts its interest for imperial Britain.

Travels In The Mogul Empire A D 1656 1668

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Author : François Bernier
language : en
Publisher: Westminster : Constable
Release Date : 1891

Travels In The Mogul Empire A D 1656 1668 written by François Bernier and has been published by Westminster : Constable this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with India categories.

Travels In The Mogul Empire V1 1826

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Author : Francis Bernier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-05

Travels In The Mogul Empire V1 1826 written by Francis Bernier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with Literary Collections categories.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Travels In India

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Author : Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889

Travels In India written by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with India categories.

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89) was one of the most renowned travelers of 17th century Europe. The son of a French Protestant who had fled Antwerp to escape religious persecution, Tavernier was a jewel merchant who between 1632 and 1668 made six voyages to the East. The countries he visited (most more than once) included present-day Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. In 1676 he published his two-volume Les six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier (The six voyages of Jean Baptiste Tavernier). An abridged and very imperfect English translation of the book appeared in 1677. The first modern scholarly edition in English, presented here, was published in 1889, with translation, notes, and a biographical sketch of Tavernier by Dr. Valentine Ball (1843-95), a British civil servant with the Indian Geological Service. Among the most memorable chapters in the book are those that recount Tavernier's visits to the diamond mines of India and his inspection of the jewels of the Great Mogul. Tavernier was not a scholar or an educated linguist, and after his initial popularity in the 17th century his authority waned, as historians and others questioned the accuracy of his observations. In the 20th century, however, Tavernier's reputation rose, as such important historians as Lucien Febvre and Fernand Braudel used the detailed information he recorded about the prices and qualities of goods and about business and commercial practices in their pioneering studies of economic and social history. The book contains several appendices by Ball about famous diamonds (including the historic Koh-i-Noor Diamond now belonging to the British royal family), diamond mines in India and Borneo, ruby mines in Burma, and sapphire washings in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A fold-out map shows Tavernier's voyages in India and the mines he visited.

Bernier S Travels In The Mogul Empire

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Author : Francois Bernier
language : en
Publisher: Ross & Perry Incorporated
Release Date : 2001-07-01

Bernier S Travels In The Mogul Empire written by Francois Bernier and has been published by Ross & Perry Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-01 with History categories.

Travels In The Mogul Empire A D 1656 1668

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Author : François Bernier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934

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Travels In The Mogul Empire

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Author : Francois Bernier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019

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Travels In The Mogul Empire Volume 1

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Author : François Bernier
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27

Travels In The Mogul Empire Volume 1 written by François Bernier and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.

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