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'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.' [‎61] (924/1024)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (898 pages). It was created in 1684. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Iflaiid call'd M a u
Rice Ifland.
C H A P. 11.
Of Maurice Ifland, where they cut
^ 1 " ^ ^ Wand call'd Maurice Ifland lies almoft in 84:
i degiees of Longitude, and 11 degrees of Sourhern
^ Latitude, being but 2 degrees and minutes from
theTropick of Capricorn, right over ^gainft the middie of
the great bland of Madagajcar, which it Has upon the Weft
from whence it lies 140 Leagues, and is in compafs about
60 Leagues. It bears great quantities of Ebony : and here
it was that the Hollanders did formerly fend their Slaves
their baniftfd and condemn d Perfons, to cut that fort of
Wood, which is Labour much more fevereand cruel than
that of Rowing in the Galleys. The whole Ifland is fubjedt
to thofe violent and outrageous Tempefts call'd Ouravans,
which nothing can withftand/o that the People are forc'd to
dig themfelves Holes in the ground, not being able to keep
their Huts Handing. Neither had the poor Creatures any
other Food than a little boil'd Rice, and about a Farthings
worth ot Salufifli among four for a whole day. Since that
the Price of Ebony being brought very low 3 the Dutch have
forfaken the Ifland, the Profit not bearing the lorry Expell
ees which thofe poor Creatures put them to.
So loon as this Tree is cut down it muft be fawed into'
Planks, and then buried feven or eight foot deep in the
Earth, which ought to be fomewhat moift. There thole
Planks muft lie two years, and fometimes three, if the Wood
be very thick After that the Wood is fit to be wrought up
on, neither will it fplinter or fplit, and will the fooner ad
mit or a glittering Poliihme it.
This Maurice Ifland puts me in mind of a Story, that the
Sieur Loockcr told me, concerning what befell him in his
Voyage from Holland to DataYia in the Year 1644. Cha
Abbas thefecondof that Name, King of Terjia, having a
great delire to learn to paint, fignified to the Hollanders at
Hijpaban, that he defired them to lend into Holland for tome
per-

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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.

Author: John-Baptist Tavernier

Publication details: Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St Paul's Churchyard, MDCLXXXIV [1864].

Physical description: Pagination. Vol. 1: [18], 184, 195-264, [2]; [2], 214; [6], 94, [6], 101-113, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates (1 folded). Vol. 2: [8], 154; [12], 14, [2], 15-46, 47-87, [3]; 66 p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded).

Misprinted page numbers. Vol. 1, part I: 176 instead of 169; 169 instead of 176; 201 instead of 209; 202 instead of 210. Vol. 1, part II: 56 instead of 58; 61 instead of 63; 178 instead of 187. Vol. 1, part III: 13 instead of 30; 49 instead of 48. Vol. 2, part II: 93 instead of 39.

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1 volume (898 pages)

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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references which covers all four books within the volume. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles anf page references. There is an alphabetic index at the end of Books I and II and a separate alphabetic index of place names which accompanies the map at the beginning of book IV.

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Reference: 567.i.19.
Title: '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.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: 567.i.19.
Title: '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.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: 567.i.19.
Title: '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.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: 567.i.19.
Title: '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.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: 567.i.19.
Title: '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.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: 567.i.19.
Title: '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.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:18, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:50, 50a:50b, 51:56, 56a:56b, 57:86, 86a:86b, 87:128, 128a:128b, 129:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 195:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258b, 259:264, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:8, 8a:8b, 9:10, 10a:10b, 11:12, 12a:12b, 13:14, 14a:14b, 15:148, 148a:148d, 149:150, 150a:150b, 151:152, 152a:152b, 153:166, 166a:166b, 167:214, 1:6, 1:114, 1:8, 1:154, 1:18, 1:14, 14a:14f, 15:16, 16a:16b, 17:22, 22a:22b, 23:46, 46a:46h, 47:52, 52a:52b, 53:92, 1:66, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689--Travel
Usage terms: Public Domain

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