History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET December 2020 History
Who among the following travellers visited a 'Hospital of Birds' at Cambay in 1623-24, where he saw some lame, sick and mateless birds and some tiny orphan mice, kept by a venerable old man who fed them milk with a bird's feather and intended to set them free when grown up?
ARalph Fitch
BJohn Mildenhall
CPietro Della Valle ✓ Correct
DSebastian Manrique
Correct answer: (C) Pietro Della Valle — Pietro Della Valle visited it, so the answer is Pietro Della Valle.
Explanation
★Pietro Della Valle visited it, so the answer is Pietro Della Valle.
★Pietro Della Valle visited the Hospital of Birds at Cambay in 1623-24.
★He was the famous Italian traveller.
★He came to India during the reign of Jahangir.
★He visited Surat and other places.
★So the traveller who saw the Hospital of Birds at Cambay was Pietro Della Valle.
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