Jón Ólafsson (traveller)
Icelandic author
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| Intro | Icelandic author | |
| Places | Iceland | |
| was | Author Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 4 November 1593 | |
| Death | 3 May 1679 (aged 85 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
Jón Ólafsson (c. 1594–1679) 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.
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- 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. 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.). II. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 978-1409414353.