Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 18
... native spite , as fast as these fall from the fugitive , opens its beak , catches and eats them . And the natives say 1 " Alcanzias . " The dictionaries translate " stink - pot ; " but there is nothing in the text about stink . Stevens ...
... native spite , as fast as these fall from the fugitive , opens its beak , catches and eats them . And the natives say 1 " Alcanzias . " The dictionaries translate " stink - pot ; " but there is nothing in the text about stink . Stevens ...
Page 51
... native Arabs , and Turks sent to control that territory , of whom none were then there , but all gone to Bagdad to ... natives of Mexat Oçem are all Rafazis , or Xyahys , like those of Aly ; and therefore mortally hate all other sects ...
... native Arabs , and Turks sent to control that territory , of whom none were then there , but all gone to Bagdad to ... natives of Mexat Oçem are all Rafazis , or Xyahys , like those of Aly ; and therefore mortally hate all other sects ...
Page 115
... native Moors and Turks , and their two tongues , Arabic and Turkish , are those in common use ; but in trade many speak Italian , French , and English , and some Spanish . Besides the Moors and Turks , there live here as natives many ...
... native Moors and Turks , and their two tongues , Arabic and Turkish , are those in common use ; but in trade many speak Italian , French , and English , and some Spanish . Besides the Moors and Turks , there live here as natives many ...
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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