TY - BOOK
T1 - In the Lands of the Christians
T2 - Arabic Travel Writing in the Seventeenth Century
AU - Matar (Translator), Nabil I
AU - Matar, Nabil I
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the seventeenth century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs, and religions these intrepid travelersencountered in their journeys. Here you will find the complete travel narrative of the first Arab to visit South and Central America in 1688, the first English translation of the ambassadorial report by Mohammad bin Abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani who traveled through Spain in 1690, translations of letters by the Morrocan ambassador to France describing his relationship with his hosts and his impressions of the land, and Morisco author Ahmad bin Qasim's account of his voyage from Holland to France in 1610.
AB - In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the seventeenth century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs, and religions these intrepid travelersencountered in their journeys. Here you will find the complete travel narrative of the first Arab to visit South and Central America in 1688, the first English translation of the ambassadorial report by Mohammad bin Abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani who traveled through Spain in 1690, translations of letters by the Morrocan ambassador to France describing his relationship with his hosts and his impressions of the land, and Morisco author Ahmad bin Qasim's account of his voyage from Holland to France in 1610.
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U2 - 10.4324/9780203615713
DO - 10.4324/9780203615713
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84919515365
SN - 9780203615713
BT - In the Lands of the Christians
PB - Routledge
CY - New York
ER -