Ceylanische Reise-Beschreibung: der Historische Erzehlung von der in Ost-Indien gelegenen Insel Ceylon, Und insonderheit deren Mittel-ländischen Gegend [...]

Knox, Robert · 1689 · 17 pictures

A 1689 German translation of Robert Knox's travel account of Ceylon, published in Nuremberg for readers interested in Asian travel writing, and illustrated with engraved plates of local people and their daily activities. The four pictures show a bearded man gesturing with an open palm, a crouching figure before a standing man in a sash, a smoking archer with bow and arrows, and a rider on an elephant beside a prone figure; a designer might take their dense crosshatched engraving and simple outdoor settings as a model for historical costume and figure study.

Literatur zu Südasien · Reiseberichte · Literature on South Asia · Travelogues

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