Some Years Travels into Africa and Asia the Great

This is a mid-17th-century travelogue by historian Thomas Herbert, who chronicles his journey to the Middle- East, Asia and Africa with particular emphasis on the empires of Persia and India during the 17th century.

Thomas Herbert (1606-1682) was a courtier to Charles I (1600-1649). He travelled to the court of Shah Abbas (1571-1629) of Persia in 1627 as a member of a diplomatic mission. Although, this mission failed as a result of the death of the mission’s leader, Sir Dodmore Cotton. Herbert and the others continued their journey through the Middle East, Mauritius, and the Indian subcontinent, eventually returning to England in 1630.

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