Works, Volume 9Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 214
... writer , much pure gold is found . He continues : - ] Also there is brought thence [ from Western China , Mongolia , etc. ] most of the almiscar , which the Arabs and Persians call mexk , mesk , or mosk . A rat , too , is called moxk in ...
... writer , much pure gold is found . He continues : - ] Also there is brought thence [ from Western China , Mongolia , etc. ] most of the almiscar , which the Arabs and Persians call mexk , mesk , or mosk . A rat , too , is called moxk in ...
Page 237
... writer , to the Veddás of Ceylon and their well - known custom ( see Royal Asiatic Society's Journal , 1899 , p . 133 ) . The Pachas are frequently referred to by Couto and other writers as a degraded , fierce people , living in the ...
... writer , to the Veddás of Ceylon and their well - known custom ( see Royal Asiatic Society's Journal , 1899 , p . 133 ) . The Pachas are frequently referred to by Couto and other writers as a degraded , fierce people , living in the ...
Page 266
... writer again quotes this well - known saying further on . Regarding it , see Comment . of Af . Dalb . , vol . iv , p . 186 ; Pyrard , vol . ii , p . 240 , and footnote ; Burton's Camoens : Life and Lusiads , vol . iv , p . 504 . * 1569 ...
... writer again quotes this well - known saying further on . Regarding it , see Comment . of Af . Dalb . , vol . iv , p . 186 ; Pyrard , vol . ii , p . 240 , and footnote ; Burton's Camoens : Life and Lusiads , vol . iv , p . 504 . * 1569 ...
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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