!['Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎39] (60/448)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517877.0x000001/215.e.12._0060.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎39] (60/448)")
'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [39] (60/448)
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A Terfian Convert. Fijhes.
monopolized it for fome time, to the great enriching of their Seigniory •, but after raf-
CO de Gama Anno 1497. difcovered the way into the Eaft-Indies by Comparing Afrique
the rtnetians, though unwillingly, gave place to the Englijh, Dutch, and others who now'
fhare with the Portugal in that Navigation. But to return.
Ottober the eighteenth the wind being fair, at Sea our obfervation was ly deg. North
and longitude 19 from Mohelia ; foon after we were becalm'd, and then had fuch hot
weather as made us fry, and the fweat dropt from us no other wife than if we had been
ftew'd in Stoves or hot Baths, which put fome into Calentures*, but all grew exceeding
faint, notwithftanding our belt pr ovifion to abate it. Indeed I think there are not hotter
places in the World than the Redfca and Per fan Galph about Or mm when the Sun dit
plays his Beams, during the Summer Soiftice^, for then the Earth inflames equally with
the Air: And Experience teaches us, that the heat not only under the Equinox, but the
Tropiques when the Sun comes to the Vertex, is much more intenfe and violent (notwith-
Handing the long Nights) than it isabout the Polar Circles ^ albeit for near fix months
together the Sun fets not, but conftantly keeps his circuit above that Horizon. In this
diftemperature of heat Mahomet a PerfianMer chant returning for Per/ia in our Ship, dy
ed of a Burning-feaver; his Father Hodge Suar having paid Nature her laft Tribute in
London the year before , Nemo ante obitnm beatm was verified in this Perfoni, but a hap
py Man we hope this Mahomet dyed, if throwing away the Rags of Mawmetry, he cloath-
ed his Soul with the Robes of true Faith in Chrift, whom we were told, a little before he
left the World, he call'd upon as the only efficacious means of his Salvation ^ again, I fay
happy, if unfeignedly. At his putting into the Sea the Captain of our Ship honoured
his Funeral with the rending clamour of four Culverins, hisCarcafs at that inftant being
committed to the mercy of the Sea, no lefs fure a Treafury than the Earth, till the Re-
furredion.
The 26. otOttoh. by obfervation we found that we were got North from the /Equator
19 deg. 4omin. longitude from Mohelia icdeg. our fteerage at that time being South-
Eafl, when again the Wind abating the Sea calm'd, and was as fmooth as Glafs, not the
leaft curl or wrinkle difcernable; this increaft our heat, and only refrefht our memory
with the Zone we were in, properly called T nrid. The greateft recreation we had, was
a view of fuch large flioles of flying Filhes as by their interpofing multitude for fome
timedarkned the body of the Sun*, a Fifh beautiful in its Eye, the Body though no lar
ger than a fmall Herring yet big enough for thofe complemental Fins, which fo long as
moiitferveas Wingsto fly 200 paces or more, and 40 foot high, helping them to avoid
the purfuit which Sharks, Dolphins, Bonetaes, Albicores, and other Sea-Tyrants make,
and caufes them for felf-prefervation to forfake their proper Element, where ufually
Ofprays, the Sea Vulture* and other Birds of prey upon the Wing hover to queftion
them for invading theirs *, by this pitiful Evafion becoming the true Emblem of mifery,
no fooner having efcaped one danger, but they incounter another equally deftrudive.
The French call it Aronder dumer, the Swallow of the Sea •, others a Sea Bat, or Rere-moufe
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Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.
Publication Details: London : printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell, 1677.
Edition: In this fourth impression are added (by the author now living) as well many additions throughout the whole work, as also several sculptures, never before printed.
Notes: Numerous engraved illustrations, including maps, views of cities and animals, printed within the text. Engraved plate entitled "Rvines of Persæpolis" is signed "W. Hollar fecit 1663". Misprinted page number: 711 instead of 117. Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: [6], 399, [21] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 32 cm. (fol.)
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- 'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:8, 1:242, 242a:242b, 243:418, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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