Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Seventeenth Century - Volume 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108041782)

This two-volume English translation of part of a longer travel narrative by the Ottoman aristocrat Evliya elebi (1611-c.1680) was translated by the Austrian scholar Joseph von Hammer (1774-1856) and published in 1834 by the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, set up to make 'Eastern' texts more widely available in English. elebi was highly educated, had served the Ottoman court both as a diplomat and as a soldier, and as he says, had in his travels 'seen the countries of eighteen monarchs and heard 147 different languages'. His lifetime encompassed the highest point of Ottoman expansion into Europe, and his indefatigable curiosity about everything he saw makes this work a fascinating assemblage of topics varying from the fountains of Istanbul to a journey to Georgia. Volume 1 includes a short biography of elebi and accounts of the history and architecture of his native city.

Author: Evliya Elebi, Evilya Elebi
ISBN-10: 1108041787
ISBN-13: 9781108041782
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2012
Pages: 476
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.49lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.96d