Jón Ólafsson (traveller)

For other people named Jón Ólafsson, see Jón Ólafsson.

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

Jón Ólafsson (c. 1594–1679) 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.

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. Vol. I. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 9781409414209.
• 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.). Vol. II. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 978-1409414353.