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- Collection: Reconstructing Gasparo Balbi's Itinerario
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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 Pegu (Myanmar)
View of Aleppo
This image of Aleppo appears in the Travel Journal of Ambrosio Bembo. Like Balbi, Bembo too traveled throughout the Middle East and enlisted the assistance of a a French artist to illustrate various cities he visited during his travels. Bembo…
View of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast
This oil on linen painting depicts the port of Cannanore (Kannur) shortly after the Dutch gained control of the region from the Portuguese in 1663. Balbi visited Cannanore in October 1582.