![‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎221] (280/470)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023513130.0x000001/1600_630._0302.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎221] (280/470)")
‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [221] (280/470)
The record is made up of 1 volume (378 pages). It was created in 1683. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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Cha p . A1A. i ne Voya ges ot Struys. m
On the ioth. came my Patron to vifit me and asked me how ztrt.
I did , and if I had taken good Courage : I anfwered him that
I had no great occafion to thank him for my Welfare, fmce he
did all he could to make me miferable , and contrary to that
Honefty and Truth, which the lurks boafted of, he had fliown
me an odd example ; Withall telling him that he had little rea-
fon to chain me fo fall, and make my Slavery the greater
when as he had promifed me my Freedom , upon the receipt
of the Money which was paid him. Upon this he feemed to be
a little moved to compaflion and commanded that the greater
Chain Ihould be taken off: Now when I obferved that my rea-
foning had a litle prevalency with him I purfued on in my
Argument, with thefe, or the like Words, Sir,
that I am your SUye ? T»hy thenmufi , ivhen
thers have their liberty? if it be fo that you fear I Ktwlv
this, That you cannot keep me longer t at once part
Tvith my Life and take leay of this miferable Tvhich fcrjifi
to ufe me fo inhumanly 1 amrefolyedto do. This I couldperceiv wrought
in him no fmall change, for he was naturally very covetous,, and
would have loft the price of a Slave. Befides that, it is a Maxim of
their Law, that if any perfon do any way murther himfelf, the Houfe
is to be accurfed and pulled down to the Ground. My Patron
confidering what the IlTue of this might be , altho I had not the
left thoughts to lay violent hands upon my felf. he therefore to
prevent the worft fold me to one Hadfy ^Mahomet SaU , a TerfiAn for
25 Ahhas , that was about 30 Shillings fieri, which is but a fmall
fum in comparifon to the ordinary Market price of , and
other places in Barbary. My new Patron fpoke the Tongue
very well , by which means we came to underftandone another the
better: for he ufed me more kindly than the other , and would of
ten bid me have courage, faying,he would go with me to where
there were many English , Dutch and other and probably
thofe that would buy me off his hands , and fo fet me at Liber
ty again, which gave me no fmall encouragement to do my utmoft
to pleafe him.
On the 12 dito, I went with my new Mafter to 'Dcrbent , and fai
led with him feveral times over the C his principal dealing
E e 3 being
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The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships , authored by Jan Janszoon Stroys, and translated from the Dutch by John Morrison. The volume also contains two narratives written by Captain David Butler, relating to the ‘taking in of Astrachan by the Cosacs’, and is illustrated with plates ‘first designed and taken from the Life by the Author himself.’
Publication details: Printed for Samuel Smith at the Princes Arms in St Pauls Church-yard, London, 1683.
Physical description: 24 unnumbered pages, including preface and contents; 378 pages; 21 plates (20 folded); 1 map; Quarto.
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings, a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter, and page references. There is also a list of illustrations (plates) giving titles and page references. There is an alphabetic index at the back of the volume. Note the following misprinted page numbers: 26 instead of 62; 75 instead of 87; 134 instead of 132; 135 instead of 133; 136 instead of 134; 137 instead of 139; 124 instead of 142; 175 instead of 157; 109 instead of 209; 119 instead of 219; 212 instead of 220; 213 instead of 223.
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- ‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:28, 1:26, 26a:26b, 27:46, 46a:46b, 47:90, 90a:90b, 91:92, 92a:92b, 93:110, 110a:110b, 111:176, 176a:176b, 177:186, 186a:186b, 187:198, 198a:198b, 199:204, 204a:204b, 205:214, 214a:214b, 215:238, 238a:238b, 239:260, 260a:260b, 261:270, 270a:270b, 271:314, 314a:314b, 315:332, 332a:332b, 333:334, 334a:334b, 335:338, 338a:338b, 339:350, 350a:350b, 351:372, 372a:372b, 373:388, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Struys, Jan Janszoon
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