Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1629-1675)

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Primary Sources:

Jean Baptiste Tavernier. The Six Voyages of John Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turkey into Persia and the East-Indies, for the Space of Forty Years.... Tr. by John Philips (London, 1677). "Apparently a reasonably accurate translation of his Les six voyages... (Paris, 1676)." (http://www.silk-road.com/artl/srtravelbib.html)

Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Travels in India, tr. from the original French edition of 1676 with a biographical sketch of the author, notes, appendices, &c., by V. Ball (London, 1925; reprint 1995). "Contains part 2 of the 'Six Voyages'." (http://www.silk-road.com/artl/srtravelbib.html)

Secondary Source:

Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750) (Atlanta, Ga., 1999), passim. "Makes frequent and approving use of Tavernier. The same author has a forthcoming book, Orientalism under the Sun King, which will contain a significant section on Tavernier." (http://www.silk-road.com/artl/srtravelbib.html)