seventeenth century

Frontispiece from: Sir Thomas Herbert, A relation of some yeares travaile, begunne anno 1626 …, (London, 1634), SCM 09672.

17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing

Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015

In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I. His account of his experiences, Some Years Travels into Divers Parts of Africa and Asia the Great …, first published in 1634, was a great success and […]

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