Sandys travels : containing an history of the original and present state of the Turkish Empire, their laws, government, policy, military force, courts of justice, and commerce, the Mahometan religion and ceremonies, a description of Constantinople, the Grand Signior's seraglio, and his manner of living : also, of Greece, with the religion and customs of the Grecians : of Ægypt, the antiquity, hieroglyphicks, rites, customs, discipline, and religion of the Ægyptians : a voyage on the River Nylvs : of Armenia, Grand Cairo, Rhodes, the Pyramides, Colossus, the former flourishing and present state of Alexandria : a description of the Holy-Land, of the Jews, and several sects of Christians living there : of Jerusalem, sepulchre of Christ, Temple of Solomon, and what else either of antiquity, or worth observation : lastly, Italy described, and the islands adjoining, as Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Sicilia, the Æolian Islands, of Rome, Venice, Naples, Syracusa, Mesena, Aetna, Scylla, and Charybdis, and other places of note : illustrated with fifty graven maps and figures.
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The seventh edition. |
| Series: | Early English books, 1641-1700 ;
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references. Added engraved title page: A relation of a iourney begun an: Dom: 1610. Fovre bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish empire, of AEgypt, of the Holy Land of the remote parts of Italy, and ilands adjoyning. The 6th edition. London : Printed for Philip Chetwin, 1670. Reproduction of original in Duke University Library. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 7 unnumbered pages, 240 pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded) |