Who among the following travellers provided a graphic account about the way silver travelled across the globe to reach India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Giovanni Careri
The testimony of an Italian traveller, Giovanni Careri, who passed through India c. 1690, provides a graphic account about the way silver travelled across the globe to reach India. It also gives us an idea of the phenomenal amounts of cash and commodity transactions in seventeenth-century India.