Jón Ólafsson (c. 1594–1679[1]) was an Icelandic traveller noted for his autobiography which covers his travels in Europe and later to the Danish settlement of Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) in India.[2]
Works edit
- English translations
- Phillpotts, Bertha S., ed. (2010) [1923]. The Life of the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, Traveller to India, Written by Himself and Completed about 1661 A. D With a Continuation, by Another Hand, up to his Death in 1679. Life and Travels: Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen, Norway 1593-1622. Vol. I. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 9781409414209.
- Anstey, Lavinia Mary (2010) [1932]. Temple, Richard (ed.). The Life of the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, Traveller to India, Written by Himself and Completed about 1661 A.D. (With a Continuation, by Another Hand, up to his Death in 1679.). Vol. II. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 978-1409414353.
References edit
- ^ Phillpotts 2010, p. xix.
- ^ "En dansk skärva i Indien". HD (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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