![‘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’ [‎233] (292/470)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023513130.0x000001/1600_630._0314.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘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’ [‎233] (292/470)")
‘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’ [233] (292/470)
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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whom his Subje£ts had a great correfpondencc , as to matter of^ox.
Commerce: Inforauch that <^yily, t returned without ob-
taining what he came for, and the Slaves they had ftill were for
this reafon more feverely ufed than before , and kept with more
ftriftnefs , fince by that they were fenfible , that if they could but
make their efcape to Da bent they were protected.
So foon as I underftood that P. and were arri
ved at Derient I pray'd my Patron to let me go to vifit them,
which he granted. So foon as I came to them, I begun to en
quire
Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios.
of their manner of Efcaping, and of their prefent Condi-
dition j which they related from the beginning to the end of all.
My Patron was alfo curious to fee them and came himfelf in per-
fon: Upon which I did bethink my felf ofa Stratagem to redeem
my Companion Els Put erf^ who was ftill at I told my Ma
iler then that I had ftill a Son in the Hands of Prince and
looking towards the Gunner I gave him a wink with the'Eie, that
he fliould aflert it, which when my Patron asked him he did: he
therefore lent to redeem him with intention to keep us both, but
the Party fent, who was a Rufuan and a brought us news
that he was gone within Landj which fadly troubled me: For ,
had I got him to Derbcnt I could have brought him to ifpthan -vflitrc
there was more apparency and likely hood of obtaining Liberty
than among the obfeure Tartars.
Meanwhile I went dayly to vifit the Gunner and Jrentfz,
and once finding them very hear dels and Melancholic I did all I
could to comfoitthem. ItoTv- j fud i, cdfijcit he
aw a SlaveJltil keep a, good he Art ? Be n , Perfians
fom time or other take you ivith their Caravans ^Ifpahan, fo
get to Gameron, and thence he trmfpor ted for the Xndits ,
yon TvUl be brought heme, &c. They told me alfo that the reft of the
Company were at liberty and without Chains, that they had alfo
refolved to flee together , but judged themfelvs afwell unfafe at
Derbent , which they had intended for their ^fylum, faying, That
they Ihould come thither loon enough, when they fhould be fold
at the Slave-Market}and certainly they were not much o^er-bur-
thened, lor the greateft Task they had was only to hew wood for
Fewel and other ufes in the Princes Houfe: and if my companion
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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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