A Voyage to the East Indies by Paolino da San Bartholomaeo, J... - 9781108028219

A Voyage to the East IndiesContaining an Account of the Manners, Customs, etc of the Natives, with a Geographical Description of the Country\nAuthor(s): Paolino da San Bartholomaeo, John Reinhold Forster, William Johnston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108028219, 978-1108028219\nSynopsis\nAfter a six-month voyage, the Carmelite missionary Paolino da San Bartolomeo [tel] arrived in Malabar in India towards the end of July 1776. Later acclaimed as an orientalist, he was among the first to note the relationship between Sanskrit and European languages, and the present work gives a valuable account of the geography and culture he observed over the course of thirteen years. Returning to Rome in 1789, he wrote many books under the patronage of Cardinal Stefano Borgia, including one of the first works on Sanskrit grammar. Here he uses his impressive knowledge of Indian dialects to revise the accepte.