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  1. Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus (c. 1470 – 1517), was an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being one of the first non-Muslim Europeans to enter Mecca as a pilgrim.

  2. Apr 12, 2024 · Lodovico de Varthema (born c. 1465–70, Bologna [Italy]—died June 1517, Rome, Papal States) was an intrepid Italian traveler and adventurer whose account of his Middle Eastern and Asiatic wanderings was widely circulated throughout Europe and earned him high fame in his own lifetime.

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  3. Jun 11, 2015 · The Italian traveler Ludovico di Varthema (ca 1470 – 1517) began his wonderings at the end of 1502 - first visiting Egypt, continuing from there to Syria, before arriving in Mecca between April and June in 1503. He remained in Mecca where he remained for some weeks before continuing to Yemen, India, and Ceylon, finally returning to Europe in ...

  4. Jun 11, 2008 · The travels of Ludovico di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia, A.D. 1503 to 1508 : Varthema, Lodovico de, 15th cent : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.

  5. Ludovico di Varthema (ca. 1470-ca. 1517) was an Italian traveler and adventurer. Current opinion holds that he did, indeed, visit all the places in the East he claimed, including some in which he was the first European.

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  7. Dec 31, 2014 · "Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna has left us an account of India and Burma from the very first decade of the sixteenth century, prior to the largescale of the First Taung-ngu Dynasty that would follow in the decades ahead. It thus provides a valuable insight into a period for which many foreign sources are not available.

  8. Apr 2, 2017 · Ludovico di Varthema was a renowned 16th century world traveler, who provided many of the first writings of contact with foreign cultures, and was the first non-Muslim known to attend the Hajj pilgrimage. This edition is an 1863 English translation of the original 1510 Italian work.

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