Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet

Thomas Herbert (* 1606, † 1682) was a British traveler and historian. Made famous has made him a book about his travels in Persia ( Travels in Persia 1627-1629 ).

Works

  • Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique: Describing Especially the two famous Empires, the Persian, and great Mogull ... as so ... Kingdomes in the Orientall India, and other parts of Asia; together with the Adjacent Iles. Rev. and enlarged by the author. Jacob Blome and Richard Bishop, London 1638 ( full text in the Google Book Search ).

Modern edition:

  • Travels in Persia 1627-1629. Abridged and ed by Sir William Foster. George Routledge [ and] Sons, London 1928 ( The Broadway Travellers )
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