!['A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎1] (22/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0022.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎1] (22/506)")
'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [1] (22/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (427 pages). It was created in 1698. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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THE
CONTENTS.
LETTER I.
CHAP. i.
Treats of Emharking, and Tajfage
till pafl St, lago.
TH E Proem. Taking Ship at
Gravefend } and falling down to
the Buoy in theNere. Number of
our Ships, with Letters of Mart.
War with Holland. The reafon of going
over the Flatts. Stay at the Downs. The
MaJJ'enherg difabled. Leaving the Liz&ardy
we met with Ships from Coles, We crofs
the Bay of Btfcay to the Main Atlantick.
Why this Sea is always troubled. The
St. Helens Fleet ftand for the Madera.
Little Credit to be given to the Log-board.
Hercules-Pillar. We drop our Compani
ons by degrees. The Ifland of Madera
the largeft in the Atlantick Ocean. The
Advantage of underftanding the Trade-
Win^ and Azjiwuth. The Meteor Cafior
and Tollux. The St. Helens Fleet overtake
us. We crofs the Tropic of Cancer, A
Guinea Ship took leave of us laft. We
draw near the Sun. Flying Fifhes, and
their Purfuers. Sharks and Pilot-Fiflies.
The Men of War out-fail us. The Ifland
Beunavifia, Cape-Verd Iflands , Nine in
Number. Ifle of Maio. Arriving at St. J^-
go. Found three Anchors flipped in the
Bay. The Natives accoft us with their
Wares. A ftatcly Garden. Of the Coco-
Tree. Other Fruits. Their Militia. Their
Affes fure-footed. Their manner of En
tertainment. A Rural Chappel. The Na
ture of the Ifland ; and Inhabitants. Del
Fogo.
CHAP: II.
fajfage to Johanna, and Relation
of that Ifland, *
NEceffity of knowing the Trade-
Winds, by a Proof. Met the Tor
nadoes near the Coaft of Guinea. CroKTed
the Line. Outfailed the North-fav, Rai-
fed the Crociers and MageUanian Clouds.
A North Sun makes Noon, as a South Sun
did before. The Calenture rages in the
Fleet. Extent of the Atlantick. The Tro
pic of Caprtcorn, The Courfe of the Sun
through the Zodiac, Caufe of ;he Seafons.
Sea-Fiflies for Food. The Dolphin. Stone-
Ba/s. Gales from the IVefl to reach the
Cape. The Current of the Sea againft
the Wind. Cape-Birds. Winter at the
Cape. Separated from the Fleet for two
days.
Soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
oflf the Cape Good Hope.
Spoke with fome Engltfa Ships homeward
bound. Doubled Cape d' AnguUis to gain
St. Lawrence. The Eajtem Sea. A Whale.
We follow the Sun. Loft fight of St. Law
rence. Arrival at Johanna. Care of the
Sick. Situation of the Ifland. The Inland
inacceffible. The Circuit. A Tree fourteen
Fathom round the Body. Beft Water,
next Thames-SNatzv. Their Town and
Buildings. Two Mofques. The King's
Court. Their Nobles. Their Priefts. We
Prefent them. VafTals to the Arabs. Vil
lages. A pleafant Grove. The Hills fruit
ful. Temper of the Inhabitants. Their
Veffels for Sea. Adiveat climbing. Slaves,
how known. Skill'd in Letters and Aftro-
logy. Ape Printing. Their Speech. Reli
gion. Women. Their Children troubled
with the Navel-Rupture. Their way of
killing Fowls, &c. Their Diet. Corn.
Want Affes, Mules, and Horfes. Fowls
for Game. A Budgee. Their Hate to the
. We are called aboard to fet
fail.
b 2 CHAP.
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A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.
Author: John Fryer, M D.
Publication Details: London: R R [Richard Roberts] for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xiii) and another Roman numeral pagination at the end of the volume (i-xxiv); with maps and figures; folio.
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The volume contains a table of contents giving letter numbers and chapter headings. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There are also an alphabetical index ('An Index Explanatory'), and an alphabetical 'Table of some Principal Things herein contained, neither reducible to the Index Explanatory, nor the Contents' of at the back of the volume.
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- 'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:10, 1:14, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:36, 36a:36b, 37:40, 40a:40b, 41:50, 50a:50b, 51:110, 110a:110b, 111:230, 230a:230b, 231:416, 416a:416b, 417:428, 1:24, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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