Travels to Tana and Persia, and A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia

WORKS ISSUED BY The Hakluyt Society.

TRAVELS TO TANA AND PERSIA, BY BARBARO AND CONTARINI.

A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA, IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.

FIRST SERIES. NO. XLIX-MDCCCLXXIII

TRAVELS TO TANA AND PERSIA,

BY JOSAFA BARBARO AND AMBROGIO CONTARINI.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY WILLIAM THOMAS, CLERK OF THE COUNCIL TO EDWARD VI, AND BY S. A. ROY, ESQ.

AND EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY.

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