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Groundplan of Fort Colombo

The Portuguese arrived in Colombo - on the island of Sri Lanka - in the early 16th century. One of their first activities was to build a…

Viaggio dell'Indie Orientale di Gasparo Balbi, Gioielliero Venetiano

Balbi's first hand account of his travels to southeast Asia in search of gemstones. This includes a particularly in depth description of his time in…

Viaggio de M. Cesare dei Federici nell'India Oreintale

Ceasare de'Federici was a jeweler/merchant/traveler who spent much of his life in southeast Asia in search of gemstones to be sent to his home in the…