[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 46.2.5 # Storia do Mogor 46.2.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 46.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [46.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.5) Manucci's date in the text, 1651, is hopelessly wrong, and the same chronological error recurs in his 'Storia' for many years up to about 1680. But by calculating backwards from several unimpeachable dates, it is possible to arrive approximately at the period when the journey from Venice commenced, viz., late in 1653. In a general letter from Isfahan (India Office, O.C. 2420), dated October 14, 1654, we find that they had just heard there of Bellomont's arrival at Tabrīz. Manucci's text (i. 33) fixes September as the month of arrival at Qazwīn, and elsewhere (i. 23) he states that on the journey he saw an eclipse of the sun at Julfah in Armenia. Dr. Downing, of the Nautical Almanac Office, has been kind enough to verify this, and fixes it as an eclipse of August 12, 1654, which would have been visible at that place. Assuming that they reached Qazwīn on September 1, 1654, I calculate from Manucci's entries of halts and journeys that 206 days were occupied (say six months and twenty days) from their landing at Smyrna until their arrival at Qazwin. Deducting this number of days, we get February 11, 1654, as the date of arrival at Smyrna, and since the voyage to Smyrna had occupied four months, we obtain October 11, 1653, as the approximate date of setting sail from Venice. This corresponds fairly well, as to the month, with Manucci, who says it was November. I have not been able to secure any verification on this subject from the Venetian archives. - [Previous: 46.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.4) - [Next: 46.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.6) - [Up: 46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.5) · Pramāṇa