'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎120] (159/1024)

The Per.si am Travels
OftheISLAND o/NAXIS.
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T Here is not one Port belongs to this Wand the Veflels that ate Bound thi
ther for Trade, being forc’d to flay in the Haven of the We of Pan,., call’d
Derian fix miles from Naxu-, which is one of the belt Havens in ti e Archipdii^
able to contain a thoufand Ships. There are the mines of a Wall Ml to be («’
that made a Mole, where four or five Galleys might ride. There ate alfo t |, (
mines offeveralHoufes of the ancient Dukes, the Stables fianding alrnott whole
all Arch’d, and built of Marble. Thefe Dukes were alfo Lords of twelve oth
Wands. As for the Wand it felf,it iswellftor’d with Villages, and has three good
Cities, Burffl/ta, and Fdet. ... .
Near this Wand within a fiones throw, there is a curious piece of Antiquity
flill to be feen. It is a flat Rock, as big about in cotnpafs as the ancient Courtof
the Louvre. In the middle of this Rock it was that the Temple of Baccbw* n
built all of Marble, of which there is nothing but the Foundations that remaE
The Gate is ftill Banding made of three Stones, whereof t wo make the fides, a „d
the third lies acrofs. From the We to this Rock there is a fair Stone Bridge of Fret-
flone, upon each fide whereof are to be feen the Pipes that convey’d the Wi K
into the Temple, that was dtank at the Feaft of Bacchus. Naxis alio is the lilind
that produces the befl Ewcril.
As to the Inhabitants themfelves, if the Husband or Wife happens to dye, tht
Survives never ftirs out of the Houfe in fix Months after, upon any bulinefsho*
urgent foever, no not to hear Mafs. There are both Lams and Grady in tk
Wand, but the latter are the moft numerous. There, is a Latin Arch-biihop, and
Canons belonging to the Metropolitan Church, with two Religious Houfes,oneof
Capuchins, and the other of Jefuites i The Greeks alfo have their Arch-biChop.
, The Wand of Naxis is fixfcore miles in compafs, being one of the faireftanl
pleafanteft Wands in the Archipelago. The ancient Dukes made it their refidentt,
‘whence they command the greatetl patt of the Cyclades. There is great plenty of
White Salt made in Naxis, and it produces excellent Wine both White and Claret,
■which caus’d the Inhabitants.to build a Temple to Bacchus, who according totheit
ancient Tradition choft that Wand for his Habitation. The Wand produces extel-
lent Fruits, feeds gteat ftore of Cattle, and abounds in feveral other things need-
fary for human fupport. There are alfo in it large W oods full of final! Deer, and
frequented by a great number of Eagles and Vultures.
Here follow the names of the Cyclades, as the people of the Country Pronounce
them. .sl^wiiiBtA\«Ooj yltt
8WOl§ Jtjo^srb Oi he Jj'rjcr’TEr.Xj v 3 jo bnsili ' i ‘
?;j;k t ; Delfkt or Sdilis* ll. Miconoa.
nor!v-a. Giaroa, ■ r • 12 • ^ enoa or
ol Andros. 1^. ScitsA oi Sir#*
1; 14. Suhiuma.
.ach i^. Sypbnus otSifatittu
t' r 6. Samoa.'- ; ; .■ ' f ;; - ' • 16, Nixcia. . -
.hnzfy.Patbmt&i y~di il
lo Olearoa, si d
nv/ r ^\:;h
ij. Chios ox Scio.
Ajlypalea.
19 AmorgUi or Atnorgo,
, v vb uiT-.rtjir.hUf • t,
• xWd-aio -oduv
SiUrip. :I hn£ u ; c: ? Ji wsii‘
i- :
*Diq od luci C fc3licqx3 ton H 3£d3 :
the Iflands of Zea, 0/Milo, of Paros, and other IJlands
of the Archipelago.
yV9fI
Z E A is an Ifland wherein there is nothing remarkable, and from whence
is nothing to be Exported but Valamde^ to dye Leather withal. Ne
are there any Goods Imported into it but what the Pirates bring in, w '
are very few, in regard the Iflanders are careful to provide themfelves 0