Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 128
... stone and lime , for the use of the cafilas when they halt there ; also a coffee - house , and a court for the kady , or justice , some other public buildings , and a mosque with an alcoran , all of cut stone . Besides these , there may ...
... stone and lime , for the use of the cafilas when they halt there ; also a coffee - house , and a court for the kady , or justice , some other public buildings , and a mosque with an alcoran , all of cut stone . Besides these , there may ...
Page 230
... stone therewith , and if the lime turns yellow , and the stone is not wasted , it is genuine . The second test is better and surer , that is , to weigh the stone , put it into a vessel of water , leave it there six or seven hours , take ...
... stone therewith , and if the lime turns yellow , and the stone is not wasted , it is genuine . The second test is better and surer , that is , to weigh the stone , put it into a vessel of water , leave it there six or seven hours , take ...
Page 231
... stone , of many that I saw in Persia , weighed seventeen meticals and a half , or two ounces and a half , a little more or less . [ Teixeira then says that from a mountain in the province of Sthabanon issued a liquid called by the ...
... stone , of many that I saw in Persia , weighed seventeen meticals and a half , or two ounces and a half , a little more or less . [ Teixeira then says that from a mountain in the province of Sthabanon issued a liquid called by 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