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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Ruy Gonz©Łlez de Clavijo was sent as an ambassador from Henry III of Castile to the court of Timour (Tamerlane) at Samarkand in 1403. This 1859 book contains a translated account of his journey, from Cadiz to Constantinople, across the Black Sea and then overland from Trebizond to Samarkand. It describes in detail court life in Timour's capital, and tells of the return of the embassy to Spain in 1406. It also provides an introductory note on the text and a brief life of Timour.

Conquerors --- Timur, --- Europe --- Asia --- Asia, Central --- Description and travel --- Kings and rulers --- Conquistadors --- Victors --- Aksak Timur, --- Amir Temur, --- Amir Temur Kuragon, --- Amīr Tīmūr, --- Amir Timur Beg, --- Lenk Tʻimur, --- Taimūr, --- Tamberlain, --- Tamburlaine, --- Tamerlan, --- Tamerlane, --- Tamerlano, --- Teĭmurlănġ, --- Temur, --- Timour, --- Timoûr-i-lènk, --- Timur-lank, --- Timurlenk, --- Амир Темур, --- Амир Темур Курагон, --- Аксак Тимур, --- Тимур, --- Темур, --- تيمور --- تيمور، --- تمور --- Central Asia --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Adventure and adventurers --- Caucasus --- Samarqand (Uzbekistan) --- Social life and customs --- Maracanda (Uzbekistan) --- Samaruand (Uzbekistan) --- Samarkand (City) --- Samarcande (Uzbekistan) --- Samarkand (Uzbek S.S.R.) --- Samarkand (Uzbekistan) --- Samarkanda (Uzbekistan) --- Samarcanda (Uzbekistan) --- Caucasia --- Caucasus Mountains --- Caucasus Region --- Kavkaz