The travels of Pedro Teixeira ; with his "Kings of Harmuz," and extracts from his "Kings of Persia." / Tr. and annotated by William F. Sinclair ... with further notes and an introduction by Donald Ferguson.
1902
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Title
The travels of Pedro Teixeira ; with his "Kings of Harmuz," and extracts from his "Kings of Persia." / Tr. and annotated by William F. Sinclair ... with further notes and an introduction by Donald Ferguson.
Created/published
London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1902.
Description
4 p. leaves, cvii, [1], 292, 24 p. ; 23 cm
Associated name
Series statement
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ... 2d series, no. IX
Note
Comprises translations from the "Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el origen descendencia y svccession de los reyes de Perisia, y de Harmuz, y de vn viage hecho por el mismo avtor dende la India Oriental hasta Italia por tierra", Amberes, 1610.
"The first coming of the English and the Dutch to the East" [taken largely from Portuguese sources]; p. xxv-ixxxix.
"Captain John Steven's preface to his translation of ... 'Kings of Persia' and 'Kings of Harmuz'; including the author's preface to his whole work": p. ci-cvii.
"Narrative of my journey from India to Italy": p. 1-151. A translation of p. 47-115 [i. e. 215] of the second part of the "Relaciones".
"A short narrative of the origin of the kingdom of Harmuz and of its kings ... written by Torunxa" (p. [153]-192) translated from p. 1-46 of the second part of the "Relaciones". The Spanish text is a summarized translation of the "Shāhnāma" of Turān Shāh.
"Extracts from the 'Relation of the kings of Persia'": p. [196]-239. These extracts are taken from the first part of the "Relaciones" (p. 1-376) being a summarized translation, with digressions, of Mīr Khāwand's "Rauzat-us-safā".
"A short account of the most notable provinces and those that have continued longest under the dominion of Persia" (p. [240]-255) by Teixeira, translated from p. 377-384 of the first part of the "Relaciones".
"Relation of the chronicle of the kings of Ormuz ... composed by a king ... named Pachaturunxa, written in Arabic [i. e. Persian] and summarily translated into the Portuguese language by a friar of the order of Saint Dominick": p. [256]-267. The Portuguese translation of Tūrān Shāh's work formed an appendix (11 p.) to Gaspar da Cruz's "Tractado ... da China", 1569, and has been attributed to him.
"The first coming of the English and the Dutch to the East" [taken largely from Portuguese sources]; p. xxv-ixxxix.
"Captain John Steven's preface to his translation of ... 'Kings of Persia' and 'Kings of Harmuz'; including the author's preface to his whole work": p. ci-cvii.
"Narrative of my journey from India to Italy": p. 1-151. A translation of p. 47-115 [i. e. 215] of the second part of the "Relaciones".
"A short narrative of the origin of the kingdom of Harmuz and of its kings ... written by Torunxa" (p. [153]-192) translated from p. 1-46 of the second part of the "Relaciones". The Spanish text is a summarized translation of the "Shāhnāma" of Turān Shāh.
"Extracts from the 'Relation of the kings of Persia'": p. [196]-239. These extracts are taken from the first part of the "Relaciones" (p. 1-376) being a summarized translation, with digressions, of Mīr Khāwand's "Rauzat-us-safā".
"A short account of the most notable provinces and those that have continued longest under the dominion of Persia" (p. [240]-255) by Teixeira, translated from p. 377-384 of the first part of the "Relaciones".
"Relation of the chronicle of the kings of Ormuz ... composed by a king ... named Pachaturunxa, written in Arabic [i. e. Persian] and summarily translated into the Portuguese language by a friar of the order of Saint Dominick": p. [256]-267. The Portuguese translation of Tūrān Shāh's work formed an appendix (11 p.) to Gaspar da Cruz's "Tractado ... da China", 1569, and has been attributed to him.
Series
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd. ser., no. 9.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
G161 .H22 no.9