The commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his embassy to Shah Abbas 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.
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. García de Silva y Figueroa over the course of his embassy to Persia (1614–1624). The Commentaries transcend the...
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| Superior document: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response, Volume 26 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Series: | European expansion and indigenous response ;
Volume 26. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (926 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations (some color), maps, tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- Introduction / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- [The Voyage to India April–November 1614] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- Description of the Island and City of Goa / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- [Goa to Hormuz 21 March–12 October 1617] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- [Journey to Qazvīn and Meeting with Shah, 12 October 1617–1618] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- [Report on the Regions of the Persian Empire] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- [Long-delayed Meetings with Shah ʿAbbās i in Eṣfahān and Return to Goa, 27 July 1618–15 December 1620] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- [First Attempt to Return to Spain and Forced Return from Mozambique to Goa. Account of Loss of Qeshm and Hormuz. D. García de Silva y Figueroa’s Final Departure from Goa. 19 December 1620–28 April 1624] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- Bibliography / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza
- Index / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza.