India, during the medieval period, witnessed the arrival of European visitors and companies which served the needs of their respective em-pires. They have left behind numerous accounts of their experiences, which, in turn, served as an important source for understanding and reconstructing India's past by British officials and modern historians. This small-volume covers the profiles of various European travellers who came to India during the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. Most of the European visitors came from powerful nations, such as Portugal, Italy, France, and England, and formed colonies in substantial parts of Asia, America, and Africa. This book covers the Christian missionary accounts active in parts of Goa and south India.
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Höhe: 152 mm
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978-81-19139-35-4 (9788119139354)
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E.F. Oaten (1884-1973) was a professor of History at the Presidency College, Calcutta. He was a member of the Indian Educational Service and served from 1909 to 1928. He is the author of My Memories of India; The Evidence Afforded by Them with Respect to Indian Social Institu-tions and the Nature and Influence of Indian Governments.
Chapter I Introduction Page
Chapter II Three Fifteenth Century Pioneers
Chapter III The Coming of the Portuguese
Chapter IV The Evidence for Southern India of Por-tuguese and Italian Travellers
Chapter V The Portuguese Missionary Travellers
Chapter VI The First Englishmen in India
Chapter VII Linschoten-Pyrard de Laval-Pietro della Valle a
Chapter VIII English Ambassadors at the Court of Jahangir
Chapter IX Other English Visitors to the Court of Jahangir
Chapter X Provincial Travellers in the Reigns of Jahangir and Shah Jahan
Chapter XI Tavernier and Thevenot
Chapter XII Francois Bernier
Chapter XIII Niccolao Manucci
Chapter XIV Dr John Fryer and Dr Gemelli Careri
Chapter XV Miscellaneous Travellers in the Reign of. Aurangzib
Appendix I
Appendix II
Index of Travellers
