!['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.' [‎223] (268/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0272.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.' [‎223] (268/506)")
'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.' [223] (268/506)
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.
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
u
"'Ny,, x
, and tte S p S
"forfeS
56
""etatoJ *
WifeJ; tl, J
ne ' ^'^nj
KfrMoria,, ^
'{'"'•hu
! s ttwitloni
(lahce on
igh toBi
%
I
^awow, efptuaii
to receive
"QC to keep tie y,
wthanali
old Gilledifint
ft behind then
andisayjl
as
in Cavalcade fd Is
i, as well asrectifti:
to, were oorW
5 not failed lotted
which I relkfon-
sDUiiaroj^
nt Agent, ti
t.
imperoisw
Ira veiling
rein
nto the
OppreftgfJ
L-.li itt I.1P
BUB,
Travels into PERSIA.
233
From which we have Immunities, the Agent only Prefenting an Chap. I.
handfome Fifcafh, to the feveral Cauns in his Journy, of Europe Ra-
rities, placed to the Company's Account; and in requital have Free of ail
Provifions of Fruits and all other Neceflaries, fent in Gratis to the Impofts.
Agent, though the Company pay dearly for the Civility, while the
Agent is only Benefitted thereby ; they carrying not only Goods, but
great returns of Money urimolefted; for which reafon the Natives
caft themfelves upon his Management, rather than fufJer the Ex- *
anions of the Rhadarage, for which reafon the Agent has no ordi-
4 nary Recompenfe, it being the chief Emolument of iiis Place; The
Natives Hill paying their Refped to his Charader, which is, one of
the Emperor's Friends, not daring to Offend him whom the King
delighteth to Honour.
And therefore it is that at Port no fmall care is taken to carry
fair with the Governor of the Province, ( who is a Cam, or Duke)
and the Shavolmder • and on this fcore we were no fooner on ihoar,
but we muft Compliment both thefe, where we were received in their
open places of Audience, and entertained with Coho, Tea, or Rofe-
Water, Boiled with Cardamoms, and fweetned with Sugar-Candy,
Plates of Perfian ^xmt dried, and Sweetmeats; while the Room is • .
Perfumed with Rackheet, a Compound Sweet Water, Wood of Aloes
fmoaking, or Glafles of Rofe-Water poured on our Garments to excef- *
hve flabbering; and if leave be defired to Smoak Tobacco, they will,
offer Wine of the Country, andatlaft difmifs us with/W» ; which
Vifit they fail not to return, nor muft it be forgotten to beflow on
them Prefents of confiderable Value. The Rooms are fpread with
Carpets as in India, and they have Tigdans, or Spitting Pots of the
Earth of this Place, which is valued next to that of China, to void
their Spittle in. .
The Water is preferyed in Jarrs, and drank out of Fuckeries, that
keep it Cooler than any where elfe. .
This Port receives mod Ships going or coming from Buffer ah, as
they find the Markets anfwer their defigns r ^But thegreateft Traf-
fick, next Indian Cloth, comes from the Spice Trade; which the
Dutch engrofs, befide Sugar and Copper formerly ; for which they
carry off Fifty thoufand Thomands worth of Velvets, Silk, Raw and
Wrought, with Rich Carpets, beiides many Tunn of Gold and Sil
ver, Yearly; fo Great and Abfolute is their Trade from the Moluc~
coes, and South Sea, hither, that they are reported to have brought
Six Ships laden with Spice, which the cunning Merchants thought
to make advantage of; but the Hollanders, being Crafts-Matters,
fent for the Cargo on ffioar of Two Ships, and piled it up before the
Fadtory Gate, where they not coming to their Price immediately,
fet Fire thereto, and confumed it all; which the Buyers neglecting,
or laughing at, they caufed other Two to be ferved in the fame
manner, knowing fo great a quantity had caufed a Glut, when they
asked the fame Rate for the remaining Two; as the old Syhils did
Tarquin for their Oracular Writings left unburnt; whereby thePerfians
were Taught, that their Extravagance was not Madnefs, but Policy,
they being obliged to Bid Higher for fewer Commodities; the Hoi-
• landers
The Hollandert
Abfolute in
the Spice
Trade.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (427 pages)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 310mm x 190mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'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.' [223] (268/506), British Library: Printed Collections, W 3856, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023917456.0x000045> [accessed 20 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023917456.0x000045
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023917456.0x000045">'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.' [‎223] (268/506)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023917456.0x000045"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0272.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- W 3856
- Title
- '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.'
- Pages
- 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
- Author
- Fryer, John
- Usage terms
- Public Domain