Jón Ólafsson (traveller)

For other people named Jón Ólafsson, see Jón Ólafsson.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón.

Jón Ólafsson (c. 1594–1679^[1]) 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.^[2]

Works

English translations

• 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. Vol. 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.). Vol. II. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 978-1409414353.

References

1. Phillpotts 2010, p. xix.
2. "En dansk skärva i Indien". HD (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2016.