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Encoded script in the Malayalam alphabet, Brahmic script of India.

Tags: Alphabets, Hindu alphabet, India, Kerala, Malayalam alphabet, Social sphere and everyday life

The Malayalam alphabet, Brahmic script of India.

Tags: Alphabets, Hindu alphabet, India, Kerala, Malayalam alphabet, Social sphere and everyday life

Title page of the third part of the book.

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Water fountain in the open sea, a natural phenomenon common around the tropics. Thevenot claims to have witnessed this natural phenomenon, which he actually describes as a typhoon, while traveling in India.

Tags: Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Persia / Iran

Persian mausoleum in Çehel-minar, close to Şiraz (Iran).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Çehel-minar, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian architecture, Persian monuments, Persians, Shiraz (Şiraz)

Plants and fruits of bushes from the Isfahan region, in Iran.

Tags: Isfahan / anc. Aspadana, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Plants

Title page of the second part of the book.

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Title page of the first part of the book.

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Title page.

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Portrait of the author. Dressed in traditional costume of the East, Thevenot indicates the regions he visited on the map.

Tags: Author portraits, Coats of arms – Emblems, Jean de Thévenot, Maps

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