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A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing an Account of the Manners, Customs, etc of the Natives, with a Geographical Description of the Country: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

Autor Paolino da San Bartholomaeo Editat de John Reinhold Forster Traducere de William Johnston
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iul 2014
After a six-month voyage, the Carmelite missionary Paolino da San Bartolomeo (1748–1806) arrived in Malabar in India towards the end of July 1776. Later acclaimed as an orientalist, he was among the first to note the relationship between Sanskrit and European languages, and the present work gives a valuable account of the geography and culture he observed over the course of thirteen years. Returning to Rome in 1789, he wrote many books under the patronage of Cardinal Stefano Borgia, including one of the first works on Sanskrit grammar. Here he uses his impressive knowledge of Indian dialects to revise the accepted spelling and pronunciation of a number of cities and natural features. The book also contains observations on the religion, history, botany and laws of eighteenth-century India. First published in Italian in 1796, the work was soon translated into German, from which William Johnston produced this English translation in 1800.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108028219
ISBN-10: 1108028217
Pagini: 498
Ilustrații: 1 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 220 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Book I: 1. Arrival at Puduceri (Pondichery); 2. Virapatnam; 3. Geographical, statistical, and historical observations on the kingdoms of Tanjatur, Marava, Madura, and Carnada; 4. Journey from Puduceri to Covalan, Maïlapuri, and Madraspatnam; 5. Indian weights, measures, coins, and merchandise; 6. Topographical description of Malabar; 7. Population of Malayala; 8. Missionary affairs; 9. Quadrupeds, birds, and amphibious animals on the coast of Malabar; 10. Seas, rivers, vessels used for navigation, fish, shell-fish, and serpents in India; Book II: 1. Birth and education of children; 2. State of marriage among the Indians; 3. Laws of the Indians; 4. Classes or families of the Indians; 5. Administration of justice among the Indians; 6. Languages of the Indians; 7. Religion and deities of the Indians; 8. Hieroglyphical marks of distinction among the Indians; 9. Division of time; 10. Music, poetry, architecture, and other arts and sciences of the Indians; 11. Medicine and botany of the Indians; 12. Author's voyage to Europe; 13. The author's voyage to Europe continued; Index.

Descriere

Published in English translation in 1800, this valuable account presents a noted orientalist's observations on Indian geography, language and culture.