Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 41
... halted amid uneven sands to await some laggard camels , whereof one died ; to recover whose load we stayed there that night . We had water on our right hand , eastwards , at little over half a league ; which some went to try , but when ...
... halted amid uneven sands to await some laggard camels , whereof one died ; to recover whose load we stayed there that night . We had water on our right hand , eastwards , at little over half a league ; which some went to try , but when ...
Page 108
... halted , because it began to rain - not for the rain itself , which was not heavy , but because it made the camels slip and fall ; -so we spent the night here . The place is called Drahem , after an ancient fortress on a hill near by ...
... halted , because it began to rain - not for the rain itself , which was not heavy , but because it made the camels slip and fall ; -so we spent the night here . The place is called Drahem , after an ancient fortress on a hill near by ...
Page 110
... halted , after a march of six leagues . On Saturday , the 12th , we set out at sunrise , and marched northwards along the lake shore , over very good land , leaving great mountains from two to four leagues on our left . After three ...
... halted , after a march of six leagues . On Saturday , the 12th , we set out at sunrise , and marched northwards along the lake shore , over very good land , leaving great mountains from two to four leagues on our left . After three ...
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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