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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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Xtimiu™, a kind of natural Aftrologer, by fenfe difcoyering the leaft alteration of
air, and feldom feen but againft ftormy weather •, doubtlefs a warning from God, as be
the Pant ado birds (like J ayes in colours) who about thefe remote leas are conftantly fly
ing, whereby they give Sea-men an infallible knowledge that (when neither founding nor
obfervation from Sun, Moon or Planets, for many days are had) they areupon this coaft j
thefe Birds and Sargalfes, or Rockweed and Trumbaes (eradicated by ftorms) being ne
ver feen in fuch quantity in any other part of the univerfe, upon theie for 50. leagues
into the Sea feldome failing our intelligence. The three and twentieth of July the wind
got up, inraging the Oceans one lurging wave (I well remember) ftroke us lo pat upon
our broad-fide, as forced the Ship in defpight of her Helm (then clofe by the Lee) to
turnabout above 5. points of the Compafs, with a noife little inferiour to a Cannon j
infomnch as our Captain cryed out we had ftruck upon a Rock, but his error quickly
appeared (after fo great a thunder) the Wave Mhing upon our decks fo fait a (hower,
as foundly walht us all', the ftorm continued till the eight and twentieth day, when
veering into a milder quarter (our courfe Eaft-North-Eaft) it grew calm and moderate.
The ftorm was not greater than we expeded ^ for it is a general obfervation, that very
feldome any Ship doubles this great Gape without foul weather, from whence it was
called Cape Tormemofo at firft. Now thereafon of thofe ufual bluftring of Winds and
ruffSeas is obvious. For whereas many obferve that feldome any Ship doubles this
great Cape without a ftorm or extream high Seas, it's for that being the utmoft promon
tory of Jfaqm towards the South the two great Seas running on either fide the Afrique
Continent here meet in their current, and the wind being commonly loud here
shakes them toggle the more violently againft each other to the hazard of fuch Ships as
fail there.
And now the Seas are peaceable, the Air calme, and the Skie ferene *, let us look
about for fome Ifle or other, that we may difcover (ifpoifible) that which Fenetm (pro
bably from an Optick Glafs upon aTarrafe beyond Tanary) defcryed about.this places
feeing he not only affures us of an Ifle, butfaw a bird there (if his multiplying glafs de
ceived him not) fo big as a Ship, and fo ftrong as in her Tallons could eafily gripe and trufs
up an Elephant: which miftake of his is as 1 apprehend taken from what Aelianq. lib.
anmal writes concerning flying Dragons in vEthiopa which kill Elephants. Ethiopia
generat Draconcs excrefcentes ad longitudinem qmdraginta cuhitorum-, qitos interfettores Ele-
■phantorim nominant. Straho has the like tradition. Ilia parte (^thiopa, cnjus regni ca
put eft Meroe, Elefhantesnafciy qmhufcum Br acorns cert ant. Etcnim^ tanta funt magnitude
nis Dracones, ut fpim cmda circumligatis elephanti crurihm, hoc grave animal praceps ad ter~
ram ruensy Draconem mo & eodem temporey elidat. In that part of (^Ethiopia of which
Meroe is head, (the chief City of an Ifle in the Nilm of the fame name under 15 degrees)
are bred Elephants, with whom Dragons contend. Dragons fo large and ttrong, as?
foulding the end of their Tayles about the Elephants Legs, they force that heavy Beaffc
headlong to the ground: who yet in his fall crufhes the Serpent. Obferved by Sam-
bucus in his Emblems.
And in regard the Arabians mention a very large Bird, bigger than either Eagle or Vul-
turj which they call Rncha, probably Marcus Panlmhy an hyperbole may have made it
the fubjed of hisfidion. Take his Phantafina in his own expanfion, (Nam falfa eft ve-
ris affinia nrnlta locutus.) In quadam infula uerfas Meridiem prope Madagafcar, certo An~
ni tempore apparet mirabilis fpecies Avis, qua Rue appellatnr. AquiU quidem habens effigiem,
fed immenfa magnitHdinis: plerafque alarum pennas habet in longitudine continentes duodecim
paffm, fpijfmdinem vero ejus proportionem tenere hngitiidinis, & tot urn Avis corpus pennis
Sic Elephas ftratm complexibus ufque Draconisy
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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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