| An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias Al-Mūsili in the Seventeenth Century Contributor(s): Farah, Caesar E. (Editor), Farah, Caesar E. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0815632665 ISBN-13: 9780815632665 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Latin America - South America - Travel | South America - General |
| Dewey: 918.041 |
| Series: Middle East Literature in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.59" W x 8.54" (0.43 lbs) 158 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1905, the Jesuit scholar Ant n Rabb t discovered the writings of Elias al-M sili in a Jacobite diocese in Aleppo, Syria. Al-M sili, a seventeenth-century Arab and a priest of the Chaldean Church, traveled widely across colonial Spanish America, becoming the first person to visit the Americas from Baghdad. Rabb t transcribed into Arabic and published those portions relating to al-M sili's travels. Acclaimed Middle Eastern historian Farah is the first to make these writings available in English translation. |