Jón Ólafsson (traveller)

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Died 3 May 1679

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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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.

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