!['Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎18] (39/448)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517877.0x000001/215.e.12._0039.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎18] (39/448)")
'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [18] (39/448)
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Their language is rather apiftily than articulately founded, with whom 'tis thought
they have unnatural mixture, fo as what the commentator upon Ptolomy obferved long
fince, Humana voce fere carenty ut flridere potius quam loqui videantur, having a voice 'twixt
humane and beaft, makes that fuppofition to be of more credit, that they have a beaftly
copulation or conjundure. So as confidering the refemblance they bear with Baboons,
which I could obferve kept frequent company with the Women, their fpeech, not un
like the SemUam neighbouring the vW^T^fi mentioned by Apollonim in his Argo~nants p
rather agreeing with beafts than men, their favage life, diet, exercife, and the like
confiderations, thefe may be faid to be the defcent of Satyrs, if any fuch ever were *, and
probably twas one ofthefe that appeared to Anthony the Hermite, in his life mentioned.
Now what Philofophers alledge concerning the fundion of the Soul may be made ap
plicable to thefe Animals, that the Soul of Man is gradually rather than fpecifically dif
ferenced from the Souls df Beafts, no otherwife than the Sun is amongft Stars or Gold
amongft Metals. Upon which account, the Spaniard of late years made it the Subjed
of their difpute, Whether the Wefl-lndians were of defcent from Adam^ or no? or whe
ther they were not rather a middle fpecies of Men and Apes f had it been a qu&re con
cerning thefe Salvages, might have carried with it greater probability. Boterus alio
treating of monftrous births in Fern fays that it proceeds from a Copulation of Women
with Monkeys*, which as repugnant to the due courfe of nature is not to be maintained;
though thefe are a fubjed for that difpute as much as any. Arifiotle, albeit a Heathen
in his /. i. de eoelo hath this pofition, Omms homines Notknm Deorm habent, &c. And a-
nother,
A man and woman attr tbe Cafe oj good Hope
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Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.
Publication Details: London : printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell, 1677.
Edition: In this fourth impression are added (by the author now living) as well many additions throughout the whole work, as also several sculptures, never before printed.
Notes: Numerous engraved illustrations, including maps, views of cities and animals, printed within the text. Engraved plate entitled "Rvines of Persæpolis" is signed "W. Hollar fecit 1663". Misprinted page number: 711 instead of 117. Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: [6], 399, [21] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 32 cm. (fol.)
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- 'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:8, 1:242, 242a:242b, 243:418, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Herbert, Thomas
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