Took part in the 1560 expedition up the Amazon led by Pedro de URSUA. Aguirre led a mutinous faction which murdered Ursua and then degenerated into banditry and madness.
- Markham, C.R. (ed): "The expedition of Pedro de Ursua and Lope de Aguirre... 1560-1561" Tr. from the Spanish account of Fray Pedro Simon in his "Sixth historical notice of Tierra Firme." 1861 / Hakluyt Society (Series I, no. 28).

-"Four years in Tibet." Benares / 1906.
- "Pictures of Tibetan life." Benares / 1906.

1730--1812
Numismatist, diplomat. Published scenes of Eastern life and works on Eastern and North African coins.

1807-1896
Physician and geologist.
- "Travels in the track of the Ten Thousand Greeks." 1844.

d. ca. 1094
Andalusian traveller (Syria, Egpyt, N.Africa) and geographer. - Eds. by Quatremere, Dozy, Gayangos.

971-1048
Persian traveller, astronomer, geographer and naturalist. Accompanied Mahmud the Ghaznavid on his invasions of India. His description of India is particularly valuable.
- "The chronicles of ancient nations." Tr. and ed. C.E.Shaw. Repr. 1965. Orinetal Translation Fund #74.

See: al-IDRISI.

Journey to Ethiopia 1648. Copy of Arabic ms in Leiden. German tr. by F.E.Peiser, 1898.

(Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Hammudi)
ca. 1100 - ca. 1164
Arab traveller and geographer. Born at Ceuta, ed. Cordoba. Travelled in Spain, France, Maghbreb, Asia Minor. His "Description of the World" ("Nuzhat al-mushtaq..."), also known as "The Book of Roger" and completed in 1154, was composed at the court of Roger II of Sicily for whom he also constructed a mappa mundi.
- French trans. by A. Jaubert. 2 vols. Paris / 1836.
- Passages relating to India and adjacent territories tr. S.M.Ahmad with preface by V.Minorsky. 1960 / De Goeje Fund, No. 20.

Fl. 950
Traveller. B. Persepolis (Istakhar).
German translation of his geographical writings by J.H. Mordtmann.