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Page xciii
... translation of Teixeira's complete work is that in English by Captain John Stevens , the Spanish scholar and translator . Stevens did not , however , publish a translation of the whole book at one time ; but at first only our author's ...
... translation of Teixeira's complete work is that in English by Captain John Stevens , the Spanish scholar and translator . Stevens did not , however , publish a translation of the whole book at one time ; but at first only our author's ...
Page xcvi
... translation cannot be denied ( though some are due to mis- prints1 ) , but his language has often a raciness that goes far to compensate for occasional inaccuracies . In the second book of the History of Persia Stevens has , by ...
... translation cannot be denied ( though some are due to mis- prints1 ) , but his language has often a raciness that goes far to compensate for occasional inaccuracies . In the second book of the History of Persia Stevens has , by ...
Page xcvii
... translation of part , at least , of Túrán Shah's Chronicle , for in his Decada Segunda ( which was printed in 1553 ) he says , when dealing with the history of Hormuz ( in Liv . II , cap . ii ) : " The beginning of this kingdom of Ormuz ...
... translation of part , at least , of Túrán Shah's Chronicle , for in his Decada Segunda ( which was printed in 1553 ) he says , when dealing with the history of Hormuz ( in Liv . II , cap . ii ) : " The beginning of this kingdom of Ormuz ...
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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