Jón Ólafsson (traveller)

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]

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

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. I. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 9781409414209.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.). 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.


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