Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... boats he might meet sailing to Sunda and Jaoa , he paid so little attention to this , that , on meeting with some carrying provisions , of which he was in want , he ordered to be taken therefrom what- ever he chose without paying them ...
... boats he might meet sailing to Sunda and Jaoa , he paid so little attention to this , that , on meeting with some carrying provisions , of which he was in want , he ordered to be taken therefrom what- ever he chose without paying them ...
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... boats , like those of Baçorá , called danecas , pitched with quir , that is , the bitumen of Hyt , on the Euphrates ; which is drawn liquid from two wells there , but afterwards becomes very hard . They use these on the canal , when it ...
... boats , like those of Baçorá , called danecas , pitched with quir , that is , the bitumen of Hyt , on the Euphrates ; which is drawn liquid from two wells there , but afterwards becomes very hard . They use these on the canal , when it ...
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... boats , one enters it by a great gate , besides which there are five posterns on the river face ; which may be a great mile in length . At its northern point , upstream , is the citadel where the Pasha lives : rather spacious than ...
... boats , one enters it by a great gate , besides which there are five posterns on the river face ; which may be a great mile in length . At its northern point , upstream , is the citadel where the Pasha lives : rather spacious than ...
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Aleppo Amir anchor Arabia Arabs Arabs call Archivo Portuguez-Oriental arrived Bagdad Bahrein Barhen Barros Basra boats cafila camels captain captain-major caravan Ceylon chap CHAPTER China coast Columbo Coutinho Curzon's Persia Dalb Diego de Melo digression Dutch East English Euphrates fasc fleet fortress four galleys Garcia de Orta Governor halted Hobson-Jobson Hollanders Hormuz hundred India infra island isle João journey kingdom kings of Harmuz Kings of Persia Kodbadin land leagues letter Linschoten Malaca maps marched means mentioned merchants Moors Pasha pearls Pedro Teixeira Persian Gulf Persian Gulf Pilot port Portugal Portuguese probably province Purchas Ralph Fitch referred reign river royal Santos sent ships stone Strait supra Teixeira says thence took town translation Travels Turks Venetian Venice vessels Viceroy Viceroy of India voyage whence whereof Xabadin