Documentary on Footsteps of Nikitin. Afanasy Nikitin, a 15th century trader, made a historic and fascinating journey from Tver near Moscow to India by way of the Caspian region and Iran, and stayed in India for 3 years before going back to Russia. He visited India even before Vasco Da Gama came and wrote an account of his travels in his 'Voyage over the Three Seas'. 'Footsteps of Nikitin' is the journey of a team comprising of an eclectic mix of historians, economists and trade analysts, explorers, journalists, photographers and the film crew, who travelled through the routes Nikitin followed from Tver to India (North Karnataka). Traversing Nikitin's route, the expedition tries to find out what attracted Nikitin to India and how his journey influenced other countries in the region. Directed by: Rajesh S. Jala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zujxAhmg8&feature=g-all-u ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Thanks Harsh, Just the type of book I enjoy: http://tangentialia.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/afanasii-nikitins-journey-across-three-seas/ I have all but one of the 19 rather grand facsimile reproduction series 'Classics of Exploration' (TimeLife) and it is a pity 'Journey across the Three Seas' is not included. It would also be a great project for the Project Gutenberg free classic ebooks www.gutenberg.org Chris On 5 Sep 2012, at 07:06, "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > Documentary on Footsteps of Nikitin. > > Afanasy Nikitin, a 15th century trader, made a historic and > fascinating journey from Tver near Moscow to India by way > of the Caspian region and Iran, and stayed in India for 3 years > before going back to Russia. He visited India even before > Vasco Da Gama came and wrote an account of his travels > in his 'Voyage over the Three Seas'. > > 'Footsteps of Nikitin' is the journey of a team comprising of an > eclectic mix of historians, economists and trade analysts, explorers, > journalists, photographers and the film crew, who travelled through > the routes Nikitin followed from Tver to India (North Karnataka). > Traversing Nikitin's route, the expedition tries to find out what > attracted Nikitin to India and how his journey influenced other > countries in the region. Directed by: Rajesh S. Jala > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zujxAhmg8&feature=g-all-u > > ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message