Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... marched , starting before daylight , through lands very level but very dry , with a terrible sun and high south wind that scorched us like fire . Our route was long , because , finding no water , we marched until noon , more than five ...
... marched , starting before daylight , through lands very level but very dry , with a terrible sun and high south wind that scorched us like fire . Our route was long , because , finding no water , we marched until noon , more than five ...
Page 74
... marched before sunrise north - westwards , over very level plains , where we saw some gazelles and swine . After mid - day we marched for a long way , with a dry watercourse on our right hand , which has a great flow of water in time of ...
... marched before sunrise north - westwards , over very level plains , where we saw some gazelles and swine . After mid - day we marched for a long way , with a dry watercourse on our right hand , which has a great flow of water in time of ...
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... marched all day northwards , without any halt , over very good land , but uneven . A little before sunset , after ... marched along with us the next day , giving us the news , with which we beguiled the way for awhile . On Friday , the ...
... marched all day northwards , without any halt , over very good land , but uneven . A little before sunset , after ... marched along with us the next day , giving us the news , with which we beguiled the way for awhile . On Friday , the ...
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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