Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy. González de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A. D. 1403-6

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Ruy Gonz?lez de Clavijo was sent as an ambassador from Henry III of Castile to the court of Timour (Tamerlane) at Samarkand in 1403. This 1859 book contains a translated account of his journey, from Cadiz to Constantinople, across the Black Sea and then overland from Trebizond to Samarkand. It describes in detail court life in Timour's capital, and tells of the return of the embassy to Spain in 1406. It also provides an introductory note on the text and a brief life of Timour. The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Ruy González de Clavijo was sent as an ambassador from Henry III of Castile to the court of Timour (Tamerlane) at Samarkand in 1403. This 1859 book contains a translated account of his journey, from Cadiz to Constantinople, across the Black Sea and then overland from Trebizond to Samarkand. It describes in detail court life in Timour's capital, and tells of the return of the embassy to Spain in 1406. It also provides an introductory note on the text and a brief life of Timour. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 6 Contents......Page 12 PREFACE......Page 14 INTRODUCTORY LIFE OF TIMOUR......Page 24 NARRATIVE OF RUY GONZALEZ DE CLAVIJO:---......Page 71 I - Voyage from Cadiz to Constantinople......Page 73 II - Constantinople......Page 99 III - Voyage from Constantinople to Trebizond......Page 120 IV - Trebizond, and the Journey through Armenia......Page 131 V - The Journey through Azerbijan, Irak, and Khorassan......Page 156 VI - Journey from the river Oxus to Samarcand, and festivities at the Court of Timour......Page 189 VII - The City of Samarcand......Page 234 VIII - Return of the Ambassadors......Page 249 The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This book, published in 1859, documents the journey of Gonzalez de Clavijo from Cadiz to Samarkand in 1403, as ambassador of the king of Castille to the court of Timour (Tamerlane).