GASPARO BALBI
\ɡaspˈaɹə͡ʊ bˈalba͡ɪ], \ɡaspˈaɹəʊ bˈalbaɪ], \ɡ_a_s_p_ˈa_ɹ_əʊ b_ˈa_l_b_aɪ]\
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A Venetian merchant and writer of travels; lived in the 16th century. He visited Aleppo, spent the years 1579-88 in India, and published "Journey in the East Indies" (1590). It contained the first European description of India beyond the Ganges.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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