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'Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.' [‎15] (38/360)

The record is made up of 1 volume (270 pages). It was created in 1785. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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hundred tons to carry them and their goods to
Gedda, a fea-port within fixty miles of Mecca,
and about two degrees fouth of the Tropic.
As different winds prevail on the different fides
of the Tropic in the Red Sea, fhips may come
to Gedda from oppofite points at the fame feafon
of the year ; thofe which corpe from Suez at the
above-mentioned time, benefit by the N.;\V.
wind, while thofe that come from India and
Arabia Felix are affifted by the regular S. W.
Monfoon. The pilgrims from the Weft and
North having fulfilled the duties of their reli
gion, and fettled their worldly concerns; con
trive if they can to embark at Gedda, time
enough to avail themfelves of the Khumfeen
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wind, which blows foutherly from the end of
March to the middle of May, and conveys them
in lefs than a month back again to Suez : the
veffels from India muft alfo quit Gedda fo as to
be out of the flreights of Babelmandel before
the end of Auguft. This meeting of the Maho-
medans at Gedda has given rife to a fort of annual
fair there, which as all goods imported pay a
* Khumseen or Khurafoon, the Arabic term fifty; from
this wind blowing during that number of days in the mannet
above defcribed,
D 2 regular

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Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates , authored by Colonel James Capper, published in London, and printed for W Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross; J Robson, in the New Bond Street; and R Sewell, in Cornhill.

Edition: The third edition, with alterations and additions

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xxxvi); Octavo.

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1 volume (270 pages)
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There is no contents page or index detailing the arrangement or contents of the volume. A preface precedes the main body of the work.

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Dimensions: 237mm x 157mm.

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