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Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy González de Clavijo to the court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D. 1403–6

By Ruy González de Clavijo , Clements R. Markham (translator)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780511697074, 9781108010580
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511697074
Google Books ID
snkAQwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3487871 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; 26
Edition
1
Pages
275\275
Topic
History\\Memoirs, Biographies
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Ruy González de Clavijo (died 2 April 1412)Timur (1336-1405)

Description

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Ruy Gonz?lez de Clavijo was sent as an ambassador from Henry III of Castile to the court of Timour (Tamerlane) at Samarkand in 1403. This 1859 book contains a translated account of his journey, from Cadiz to Constantinople, across the Black Sea and then overland from Trebizond to Samarkand. It describes in detail court life in Timour's capital, and tells of the return of the embassy to Spain in 1406. It also provides an introductory note on the text and a brief life of Timour.

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