Abbé Carré
Barthélemy Carré de Chambon or Abbé Carré for short (born approx. 1636) was a French traveler to India and a Catholic priest of the Grand Siècle who traveled for France and the East India Company . He died after the end of the 17th century. He is best known as the author of a travelogue entitled Voyage des Indes Orientales (Paris 1699). His travelogue about the trip in India and the Middle East was translated into English (The Travels of Abbé Carre in India and the Near East 1672 to 1674) and was included in the travel book series of the Hakluyt Society (2 / 95-97). Carré traveled from France through Syria , Iraq , the Persian Gulf to Surat , Goa , Bijapur , Madras , St. Thomé . From there he reports on the capture of Trincomalee and St. Thomé by Jacob de la Haye and of the siege of St. Thomé by the Golconda army and the hostilities with the Dutch , and he reports on what he experienced on his return to France Sicilian revolt against Spanish rule in Messina etc.
A more recent French edition was published under the title Le courrier du roi en Orient: relations de deux voyages en Perse et en Inde 1668-1674.
Works
- Carré: Voyage des Indes orientales, mêlé de plusieurs histoires curieuses. Paris: Barbin, 1699 ( partial online view: Vol. 1 ; Vol. 2 )
- Carré, Abbé: The Travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674, translated from the manuscript journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. London, The Hakluyt Society, 1947-1948. First Edition, Hakluyt Society Second Series Nos. 95, 96 & 97. 3 volumes ( Review 1 , 2 ) - digitized volume 1
- Dirk Van der Cruysse (ed.): Barthélemy Carré: Le Courrier du Roi en Orient. Relations de deux voyages en Perse et en Inde. 1668-1674 . Paris, Fayard, 2005, ISBN 2-213-62482-8
See also
- Jacob de la Haye (French)
- Charles Dellon
References and footnotes
- ^ Translated by Lady Fawcett and edited by Charles Fawcett with the help of Richard Burn.
literature
- Charles Amiel and Anne Lima Paris: L'Inquisition de Goa. La relation de Charles Dellon (1687) . Paris 1997 ( partial online view )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carré, Abbé |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carré de Chambon, Barthelémy; Carré, Barthélemy; Carré de Chambon, Barthelémy; Carré; Chambon, Barthelémy Carré de; Chambon, Barthelémy C .; Carré, Barthélémy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French traveler to India and Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1636 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |