Project Gutenberg 2025-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 380 Barbaro, Giosofat 1413 1494 Barbaro, Josafa Barbaro, Iosaphat Barbaro, Giosaphat Barbaro, Josaphat Contarini, Ambrogio 1429 1499 Stanley, Henry Edward John Stanley, Baron 1827 1903 Stanley of Alderley, Lord Roy, Eugene Armand 1884 Roy, S. A. Roy, E. A. Thomas, William 1554 Travels to Tana and Persia : $b A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuries $aNew York :$bBurt Franklin, $c1873. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 49 "S. A. Roy" is apparently an error for "E. A. Roy". Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Travels to Tana and Persia" by Josafa Barbaro and Ambrogio Contarini is a historical account written in the 15th and 16th centuries. The book provides a detailed narrative of Italian merchants' travels to Persia and Tana, exploring the cultures, customs, and geographical landscapes encountered during their journeys. The main characters, Barbaro and Contarini, serve as firsthand witnesses to the exotic and often harsh realities of these foreign lands. At the start of the narrative, the transcriber notes the importance of preserving the historical accuracy of the original text, detailing the experiences and observations of Josafa Barbaro during his two voyages to Tana and Persia. Barbaro reflects on the marvels and barbarities of foreign territories compared to his homeland, England, praising its civilities and abundant resources. He expresses gratitude for his homeland while preparing to share the intriguing, sometimes astonishing tales of the lands he has explored, emphasizing the stark contrasts between the cultures he encountered. Throughout the opening, he sets the foundation for his subsequent detailed descriptions of the peoples, landscapes, and adventures that await in his travels. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/travelstotanaper00barb 20210706161028barbaro 1873 US Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Voyages and travels Iran -- Description and travel G Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 1080348 2025-07-29T15:52:33.394658 text/html 1032457 2025-02-04T17:26:24 text/html 774378 2025-07-29T15:52:50.585614 application/epub+zip 778607 2025-07-29T15:52:36.637719 application/epub+zip 646095 2025-07-29T15:52:34.740696 application/epub+zip 1681277 2025-07-29T15:53:00.399550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1596589 2025-07-29T15:52:49.073637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 866274 2025-07-29T15:52:31.136719 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 846164 2025-02-04T17:26:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18885 2025-07-29T15:53:00.605559 application/rdf+xml 15633 2025-07-29T15:52:35.236667 image/jpeg 2056 2025-07-29T15:52:35.016655 image/jpeg 1224211 2025-07-29T15:52:33.504677 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia