1. Edward Webbe: The rare and most wonderful things ... (1590) -- 2. William Harborne: 'The voyage of the Susan of London to Constantinople ... ' (1598) -- 3. Richard Wragge: 'A description of a voiage to Constantinople and Syria ... ' (1598) -- 4. Anthony Sherley: Sir Antony Sherley His Relation of his Travels into Persia ... (1613) -- 5. William Biddulph: The travels of certaine Englishmen ... (1609) -- 6. John Cartwright: The Preacher's Travels ... (1611) -- 7. Fynes Moryson: An Itinerary ... (1617) -- 8. William Lithgow: The totall discourse, of the rare aduentures ... (1632) -- 9. Sir Henry Blount: A voyage into the Levant ... (1636) -- 10. Thomas Herbert: Some years travels into divers parts ... (1677)
Summary
By introducing a fascinating array of accounts (of exploration, diplomatic, and commercial ventures), Kenneth Parker challenges widely-held assumptions about early modern encounters in the Orient
