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‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎176] (225/470)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (378 pages). It was created in 1683. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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176 The V"oyages of Strays. V oy .
being in regard of any requifite occafion in fuch a place confidera-
bly ftrong : k is environed with Palizados, and about an
mile without the Town. On each fide are ieveral Watch -houfes,
with Towers from whence they can fee the Enemy at a diftance ,
the Conntrey beinglevel .and not Woody. The firft occafion of
the building of this City was faid to be from a party of 400 Coficks
which had fpoiled a Ruflian Caravan, intercepting it between the
Land and the -Boats , where the Strelitzers were , that were ap.
pointed to Convoy it , and by reafon that the ftream was fo ftrong
that the Boats could not row againft it, the faid Robbers made
their efcape with a very rich Booty. At that fame time therewasat
Tzormgitr a Perfian Ambafladour arrived with all his Moveables and
a great Retinue, intending for Mofcott. The faid AmbafTadour came
aboard our Ship and received Prefents from our Officers which
although he willingly accepted , yet remunerated them with things
of greater value and worth.
On the 22 we fet fail and faw the Mountain VoloienA where the
Eupan Fablers fay the Moon goes every night to bed , becaiife that
over thit Hill is always a great mill. About 2 in the afternoon
we got the Ifland Kit^ier in fight and fpeeded our courfefothatwe
gain'd the fight of A(trachin before the Sun fet.
The 24, before noon by the grace of the Everlafting GOD we
.arrivedat the long-wiffi'd-for Ajlrachm where we for Joy fired all
our Guns to the Aftonilhment of the Inhabitants, who had never feen
a Ship of that Burthen and F orce before. From the day of our Arrival
here, we lay offin the ftream till the firft of and then came
up clofe to the Kay with our Ship and Yacht thanking the Al
mighty for his fpecial Bounty , in delivering us through fo many
perils 5 and bringing us at laft to our dellred Port. ;
CHAP.

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The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships , authored by Jan Janszoon Stroys, and translated from the Dutch by John Morrison. The volume also contains two narratives written by Captain David Butler, relating to the ‘taking in of Astrachan by the Cosacs’, and is illustrated with plates ‘first designed and taken from the Life by the Author himself.’

Publication details: Printed for Samuel Smith at the Princes Arms in St Pauls Church-yard, London, 1683.

Physical description: 24 unnumbered pages, including preface and contents; 378 pages; 21 plates (20 folded); 1 map; Quarto.

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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings, a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter, and page references. There is also a list of illustrations (plates) giving titles and page references. There is an alphabetic index at the back of the volume. Note the following misprinted page numbers: 26 instead of 62; 75 instead of 87; 134 instead of 132; 135 instead of 133; 136 instead of 134; 137 instead of 139; 124 instead of 142; 175 instead of 157; 109 instead of 209; 119 instead of 219; 212 instead of 220; 213 instead of 223.

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‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:28, 1:26, 26a:26b, 27:46, 46a:46b, 47:90, 90a:90b, 91:92, 92a:92b, 93:110, 110a:110b, 111:176, 176a:176b, 177:186, 186a:186b, 187:198, 198a:198b, 199:204, 204a:204b, 205:214, 214a:214b, 215:238, 238a:238b, 239:260, 260a:260b, 261:270, 270a:270b, 271:314, 314a:314b, 315:332, 332a:332b, 333:334, 334a:334b, 335:338, 338a:338b, 339:350, 350a:350b, 351:372, 372a:372b, 373:388, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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Struys, Jan Janszoon
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