'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.' [‎2] (845/1024)

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my fecondVoyage that! made to the Indies ; and of which
I was the more confident, for that the Author had teen
one who had made Eleven or Twelve Voyages from
(Batavia, Bantam, and Achm, to Tu-nquin. Other Oblerva-
tions I collected from the Tunquineji themfelves, with whom
I have had ieveral Difcourles, during the time that I was at
Batavia and Bantam , where they principally trade. And
that which gave me the more light was this, That thofe
Merchants feveral times bring along with them fome of
their Bonnes or Priefts, as alfo fome of their Learned Men
to teach their Children to Write and Read. For thefe Mer
chants when they make a Voyage by Sea , carry all their
Families along with them. And from thefo Bonze’s and
other Learned Men I had feveral Obfervattons and Memoirs
in Writing, as being defirous to be inform’d by me of the
Government and Situation of our Frafice. And as I was
ntver without in Atlcts and fome other particular Maps, they
Were raviflvd with admiration i when I fihew’d them the
Structure and Compofttre of the whole World, and the
Situation of its foveral Kingdoms and Eftates.
Therefore may the Reader with the more pleafiife and
delight petufe thefo Relations ? when he has fo muehreafon
to be perfiiaded that they are cordially done , and that they
are made public by a perfon whofe fineerity has nodefign
to abufe him. My Brother , who Was a perfon both cun
ning and contagious, and one that lov'd to Travel as well
as niy felf, having heard much talk in the Indies of the
Grandeur of the Kingdom of Tunquin, refolv'd to go thither,
and as he had a partieulat gift to learn a Language in a little
time, he foon grew familiar with the Malaye, which is the
Language of the Learned in thofe quarters of Afia, as Lathi
is among Us in Europe: He underftood that Silk, Musk, and
other Commodities of the like nature, were much cheaper
there then in other places adjoyning , and that the People
dealt with more fairnefoand honefty. Upon the encourage
ment of which Information he prepar'd a Ship, and nude
Jus Voyages with good feccefs.
He always earn'd with him a good Sum of Money • and
more then that,he ftor'd himfolf with a confide table number
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