Which Dutch traveller visited the subcontinent in the early 17th-century and wrote about the 'widespread poverty'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Pelsaert
Pelsaert, a Dutch traveller, visited the subcontinent in the early decades of the seventeenth century and, like Bernier, was shocked to see the widespread poverty.
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