We will meet at the SBahn Gesundbrunnen on tomorrow at 10am. Outside at the platz!
Monatsarchiv für November 2011
Odd Tom in Ajmer
The Fakir of Ajmer Text and photos: Jonathan Gil Harris, Hindustan Sitting at his jharokha or public window in the Akbari Fort, Jahangir was sufficiently impressed by Coryate’s oration that he threw him a hundred silver coins – a not insubstantial sum at the time. Coryate’s luck seemed to have changed. And so did mine […]
Rory Stewart at TED
British MP Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan after 9/11, talking with citizens and warlords alike.
Thomas Coryat & c.
Link to the handout in class Link to background on Strabo’s Geography Link to People Of Tracota, And Cynocephales, In ‘The Travels Of Sir John Mandeville’ Link to Purchas his Pilgrimage Or Relations of the World List of travels: Jean de Léry (1536-1613) Histoire d’un voyage faict en terre de Brésil Guillaume Postel [1510-1581], De […]