The Constructions of the East in Western Travel Narratives, 1200 CE to 1800 CE

This book investigates how the idea of the 'East' emerged in Western travel narratives between the 13th and the 18th centuries. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, medieval history, history of travel, world literature, and postcolonial studies.

Radhika Seshan retired as Professor and Head, Department of History, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune), India, in July 2019, and is now Visiting Professor at the Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune. She has several publications including Trade and Politics on the Coromandel Coast: Seventeenth to Early Eighteenth Centuries (2012) and Ideas and Institutions in Medieval India: Eighth to Eighteenth Centuries (2013), as well as various edited volumes.

Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. The Imagined Lands 2. Locating the East 3. Exploring the East 4. Defining the East 5. Recasting the East 6. Anchoring the 'Orient' Select Bibliography. Index.