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 ; translated from the Icelandic edition of Sigfús Blöndal, by Bertha S. Phillpotts.

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Jón Ólafsson

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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 ; translated from the Icelandic edition of Sigfús Blöndal, by Bertha S. Phillpotts.