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See also:VARTHEMA (BARTHEMA, VERTOMANNUS, &C.), LUDOVICO DI , of See also:Bologna (fl. 1502–1510), See also:Italian traveller and writer. He was perhaps a soldier before beginning his distant journeys, which he undertook apparently from a See also:passion for See also:adventure, novelty and the fame which (then especially) attended successful exploration. He See also:left See also:Europe near the end of 1502; See also:early in 1503 he reached See also:Alexandria and ascended the See also:Nile to See also:Cairo. From See also:Egypt he sailed to See also:Beirut and thence travelled to See also:Tripoli, See also:Aleppo and See also:Damascus, where he managed to get himself enrolled, under the name of Yunas (See also:Jonah), in the See also:Mameluke See also:garrison—doubtless after adopting See also:Islam. From Damascus he made the See also:pilgrimage to See also:Mecca and See also:Medina as one of the Mameluke escort of the See also:Hajj See also:caravan (See also:April–See also:June 1503); he describes the sacred cities of Islam and the See also:chief See also:pilgrim sites and ceremonies with remarkable accuracy, almost all his details being confirmed by later writers. With the view of reaching See also:India, he embarked at See also:Jidda, the See also:port of Mecca, and sailed down the Red See also:Sea and through the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb to See also:Aden, where he was arrested and imprisoned as a See also:Christian See also:spy. He gained his See also:liberty—after imprisonment both at Aden and Radaa—through the partiality of one of the sultanas of See also:Yemen, made an extensive tour in See also:south-See also:west See also:Arabia (visiting See also:Sana, &c.), and took See also:ship at Aden for the See also:Persian Gulf and India. On the way he touched at See also:Zaila 925 Varthema's See also:work (Itinerario de Ludouico de Varthema Bolognese was first published in Italian at See also:Rome in 1510 (ad instatia de Lodouico de Henricis da Corneto Vicetino). Other Italian See also:editions appeared at Rome, 1517, at See also:Venice, 1518, 1535, 1563, 1589, &c., at See also:Milan, 1519, 1523, 1525, &c. Latin See also:translations appeared at Milan, 1511 (by Archangelus Madrignanus) ; and at See also:Nuremberg, 1610 (See also:Frankfort, 1611) ; as well as in the Novus Orbis of See also:Simon See also:Grynaeus (See also:Basel, 1532). See also:German versions came out at See also:Augsburg, 1515 (See also:Strassburg, 1516) ; at Strassburg, by See also:Michael Herr, in his New Welt, from Grynaeus, 1534; at See also:Leipzig, by Hieronymus Megiserus, 1610 (and 1615), &c. A See also:Spanish See also:translation was issued at See also:Seville, 1520 (from the Latin), and a See also:French at See also:Lyons, 1556. Dutch versions were printed at See also:Antwerp, 1563 (from Grynaeus), at See also:Utrecht, 1615 (from the Leipzig German of 161o), and again at Utrecht, 1655. The first See also:English translation was of 1576–1577 (in See also:Richard See also:Eden's See also:History of Travayle); an See also:extract from Varthema was inserted in See also:Samuel See also:Purchas's Pilgrimage (See also:London, 1625–1626) ; and in 1863 appeared the See also:Hakluyt Society edition by J. W. See also: Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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