"مجموعات لرحلات عبر تركيا إلى بلاد فارس، وجزر الهند الشرقية. تقدم تقريراً عن الوضع الحالي لهذه الدول، وكذلك الرواية الكاملة لحرب السنوات الخمس بين أورنكزيب وإخوته في حياة والدهم، بشأن الخلافة. والرحلة البحرية التي قام بها سلطان الامبراطورية المغولية الأكبر (أورنكزيب) مع جيشه من دلهي إلى لاهور، ومن لاهور إلى بيمبر، ومنها إلى مملكة كشمير، والتي يطلق عليها المغول جنة جزر الهند. كما تحتوي أيضاً على سرد لمملكة اليابان وتونكين، وعن سلوكياتهم الخاصة وتجارتهم. يضاف إليها وصفاً جديداً إلى سراي السيجنيور الأكبر، وكذلك لكافة الممالك التي تضم البحر الأسود وبحر قزوين، والتي كان يسافر إليها مونسير تافيرنييه بيرنييه، وغيره من الرجال العظام." [‎١‎٣] (١٠٢٤/٩٦٨)

So foon as he came to the Government, his firft thoughts were how
to Eflabliih the Trade of xkzTortugds mjapori^ which when they were
expelTd , amounted to three Millions of pW/j yearly, one being
worth twenty feven Sow of French Money. The hopes therefore of
regaining lo great a lofs, made him toward the^end of the year 1^42,
take a relolution to fend a folemn Embaffy to the Emperour of faponfm-
niflfd with magnificent Prefents: Tor which reafon he made choice of
what was moft rare, and mo ft likely to be acceptable to the Emperour,
and the Grandees of his Court. The moft coftly of thefe Prefents was
a piece of Lignum Aloes , otherwife call’d wood of Calamhoar y four Foot
in length, and two Foot in Diameter* a larger piece then which the
Indies had never feen , having coft 40000 To this lie added a
great quantity of fair Coral Beads ot an extraordinary bignefs. This is
the moft acceptable Prefent that can be fentto the Lords of Japon, which
they faften to the Strings wherewith they draw their Pouches together.
With thefe he fent a great number ot Carpets and Hangings of Cloth
of Gold, Silver, and Silk, and feveral pieces of Tiffue of Gold and
Silver. Tis laid the whole Prefent coft the City of Goa above eight
hundred thoufand Pardo’s, which amounts to about %6666l. 13 s.
4 d. of Englifl? Money. Befides all this, the two great Ships which
were prepar’d for the Embaflador, carry’d one of them 5oPeeces of
Canon , and the other 35 , both laden with all forts of Commodities
which are efteemfd and priz’d in J^/^amounting to about 83333 /. 6 s.
8 d. Sterling. The Equipage of the Embaffador was no lefs lumptuous.
And becaufe the Viceroy would not be thought to give any occafion of
offence to the Emperour, he would not fuflfer one jefuit in the Train,
but only four Augujiins for the Admiral, and four jacobins for the other.
Men of difcretion and condud. While I was at Goa, in the year 1648,
I met with fome of thefe Fathers, who gave an exad accompt of the
Embaffy.
They made a profperous Voyage, and arriv’d happily at their in
tended Port. But you muft underhand, that when any Ship arrives at
Japon, no perfons are permitted to come afhore, ’till the Governour of
the place have an accompt who they are, that they may give notice
thereof to the Emperour, and know his pleafure,whether they (hall be
received or no. In the mean time the Ships rode in a very dangerous
place, at the entry of the Haven, into which there was no fleering,
without the afftftance of the Native Pilots.
The Governour of Nangafaqui furpriz’d to underftand that they were
Portuguefes , wrote in all haft to the Emperour. The Dutch Prefident
being inform’d of the news, play’d all the pranks he could, us’d all the
contrivances imaginable to fruftrate thefuccefsof the Embaffy, and
to ruine the Veffels that brought the Embaffadour and his Prefents.
To which purpofe he found a way to bribe the Courrier, who was fent
with the Emperours Orders5 fo that inftead of twenty days, which
were fufficient for his journey , he made it abov^two Months before he
deliver’d his difpatches. During which time the two Ships had (uflfer d
very bad weather upon theCoafts, and endur’d many a fevere Storm.
At length the Orders came that none fhoirld be permitted to Land but
the Embaffadour , the two Captains, and the two Pilots, to give an
accompt of the fubjedl andcaufeof their coming. The Embaffadour
being Landed acquainted the Governour that he came to compliment