Murchio, Vincenzo Maria, active 17th century. An extensive travel account of Barefoot Carmelite Vincenzo Maria of Saint Caterina of Siena to India via Turkey and the Middle East, covering a wide range of topics, notably of the customs and rites, politics and government, fauna and flora. "Many of his botanical references appear here for the first time, in an Italian text and in some few cases in an European one." --Andrea Drocco, 'Il lessico botanico ne “Il Viaggio all’Indie Orientali” ' in Kervan – International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies (2016)
Mgr. Sebastiani, Fr. Giuseppe di Santa Maria (1623-1689), of the Order of the Scalzi Carmelites, First Bishop of Hierapoli (Greece) and First Baron of the Hagia Sophia. In his communication from his Seconda Speditione all’Indie Orientali, he marvels at the musicianship of the ‘Canarins’: “Non può credersi quanto rieschino nella Musicaquei Canarini, come ci si esercitino, e con quanta facilità.” ‘Canarin’ is a generic term for all non-white inhabitants of Goa at the time, or did it indicate a social group distinct from the Brahmins and Chardós, terms that the Portuguese and visitors were already using in their descriptive writing even in the 1500s? ----cited by Luis Dias in Choral music, Goa, History, In Print, Music, Opera, Thoughts, Voice (https://luisdias.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/carissimi-and-the-jesuits/)