George Bryan Souza

Description of the Island and City of Goa

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

[Journey to Qazvīn and Meeting with Shah, 12 October 1617–1618]

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

The Commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shāh ʿAbbās I of Persia on Behalf of Philip III, King of Spain

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

Report on the Regions of the Persian Empire

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

[Long-delayed Meetings with Shah ʿAbbās i in Eṣfahān and Return to Goa, 27 July 1618–15 December 1620]

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

[Goa to Hormuz 21 March–12 October 1617]

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

[First Attempt to Return to Spain and Forced Return from Mozambique to Goa. Account of Loss of Qeshm and Hormuz. D. García de Silva y Figueroa’s Final Departure from Goa. 19 December 1620–28 April 1624]

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.

[The Voyage to India April–November 1614]

This edition is the first complete English translation, with complete annotations, of The Commentaries by the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa, ambassador to Persia (1614–1624), remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth and ethnographic scope.