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Page cii
... Things which may perhaps appear to us incredible are absolutely false , since it is most certain that the Asiatick Nations were civiliz'd , and had the use of Letters long before us , and consequently their Histories may with Truth ...
... Things which may perhaps appear to us incredible are absolutely false , since it is most certain that the Asiatick Nations were civiliz'd , and had the use of Letters long before us , and consequently their Histories may with Truth ...
Page 107
... things useful to them , they take him off loaded ; but if not , they leave the load , and take the camel , it being what they care most about . So we re- mained until evening ; when , as I have said , the Moor returned , and we spent ...
... things useful to them , they take him off loaded ; but if not , they leave the load , and take the camel , it being what they care most about . So we re- mained until evening ; when , as I have said , the Moor returned , and we spent ...
Page 223
... things that the Indian people put forth as miraculous , and had no profit of it ; though I confess that there are in the East many drugs of admir- able virtue and strange properties . * 1 As to how he came there , see Introduction ...
... things that the Indian people put forth as miraculous , and had no profit of it ; though I confess that there are in the East many drugs of admir- able virtue and strange properties . * 1 As to how he came there , see Introduction ...
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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