In the early-seventeenth century the European thirst for knowledge about other countries and cultures was growing, after all it was the Age of the Discovery.
There were some books, travelogues, or reports on wars, but none about the people, the country, the culture, or the government..
Before 1633, when this book was written, Area studies on Persia did not exist.
Iran was a little-known country at the time because commercial and diplomatic contacts had begun only a few decades earlier.
In the early-seventeenth century the European thirst for knowledge about other countries and cultures was growing, after all it was the Age of the Discovery