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VARTHEMA (Ludovico di), JONES (John Winter), trad. THE ITINERARY of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508. Amsterdam. 1970. - VARTHEMA (Ludovico di), JONES (John Winter), trad. THE ITINERARY of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508 . As translated from the Original Italian Edition of 1510, by John Winter Jones, F.S.A., in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society; with A Discourse on Varthema and his Travels in Southern Asia by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1970. lxxxvi, 122 pp.: il.; 255 mm. Facsimile reprint. The original 1928 edition reproduced the English translation of the Itinerario made by John Winter Jones for the Hakluyt Society in 1863, accompanied by a lengthy critical essay by Sir Richard Carnac Temple on Varthema and his travels in South Asia. The volume includes a reproduction of the frontispiece and colophon of the original 1510 edition. Ludovico di Varthema (Bologna, c. 1470 – Rome, c. 1517) was the first European traveler to leave a detailed account of his entry into Mecca in 1503, disguised as a Muslim pilgrim. His * Itinerario* , published in Rome in 1510, recounts his journey from Egypt to Arabia, Persia, India, Ceylon, and the islands of Southeast Asia between 1502 and 1508, a route that included a long stay on the Malabar Coast in the service of the Portuguese viceroy. The work, quickly translated into Latin, Spanish, German, Flemish, and English, had an enormous impact on Europe and influenced cartography and travel literature of the 16th century. Its geographical accuracy was questioned by contemporaries and later scholars; Temple examines these objections in detail, concluding that the text is substantially reliable. A seminal work on the history of the Discoveries and relations between Europe and the East in the early 16th century. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate