What is Thomas Coryat?
{{nosources|date=December 2012}} '''Thomas Coryat''' (c. 1577–1617) was an [[English people|English]] traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan times. He is remembered today for two books he wrote about his travels through Europe and parts of Asia. He often travelled on foot to get to far off places. Coryat reached as far as [[India]] in his travels from [[England]]. At that time the [[Mughal]] Emperor [[Jahangir]] was ruling there and he rewarded Coryat and gave him money to reach back home. However, Coryat died in [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], before he could return. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coryat, Thomas}} [[Category:1577 births]] [[Category:1617 deaths]] [[Category:History of India]] [[Category:17th-century English writers]] [[Category:English explorers]] [[Category:16th-century English writers]] {{bio-stub}}