1st Edition

The Travels of Pedro Teixeira; with his 'Kings of Harmuz', and Extracts from his 'Kings of Persia'

    440 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    Translated and Annotated by William F. Sinclair, Bombay Civil Service (Retd.), with Further Notes and an Introduction by Donald Ferguson. The main text is a translation of: Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el origen descendencia y svccession de los reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz, y de vn viage hecho por el mismo avtor dende la India Oriental hasta Italia por tierra. Amberes, 1610. Appendices: A, A short narrative of the origin of the kingdom of Harmuz and of its kings. B, Extracts from the Relation of the kings of Persia. C, A short account of the most notable provinces ... of Persia. D, Relation of the chronicle of the kings of Ormuz. Includes bibliographical references and index. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1902.

    Introduction, Captain Stevens's Preface to his Translation of the Kings of Persia and Kings of Harmuz, including Teixeira's Preface to his whole work, Certificate of Orthodoxy and Licence to Print, The Travels of Pedro Teixeira, Appendices, Index

    Biography

    Donald Ferguson