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'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎1] (30/1024)

The record is made up of 1 volume (898 pages). It was created in 1684. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Chap. I.
THE
FIRST BOOK
O F
o nsieur TAVERNIERs
;m(K
Containing the feveral
From PARIS to ISPAHAN the Chief
City of <P E S I .1.
Through the Northern Provinces of TURKT.
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C H A P. I.
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•. - • ’ • v . ' / ' A ' ■ . - ". e- . '
Of the <lfoads from France to the hither parts of Afia, and the
(places from whence they ufually fct out for Ifpahan.
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Man cannot travel in Jfia, as they do in Europe 9 nor at th%
fame Hours, nor with the lame cafe. There are no weekly
Coaches or Wagons from Town to Town ; befides, that the
boil of the Countries is of feveral natures. In j 4 fia you fhall
meet with feveral Regions untill’d and unpeopl’d, either
through the badnefs of the Climate and Soil, or the (loth of
the Inhabitants, who rather choofe to live miferably, than
to work. There are vaft Defects to crofs, and very dangerous,
both for want of Water, and the Pvobberies that the j 4 rabs
daily commit therein. There are no certain Stages, or Inns to entertain Travellers.
The bcft Inns, efpecialiy in Turkie, are the Tents which you carry along with, you,
and your Hofts are your Servants, that get ready thofe Vi&uals which you have
bought in good Towns. You fet up your Tent in the open Field, or in any Town
where there is no Inn : and a good fhift too in temperate weather, when the Sun
is not too hot, or that it does not rain. In the Carvanferds or Inns which are more
frequent in Terfia than in Turkic, there are perfons thatfurnifh you withProvifions,
and thcfirft come arebeft ferved. As for Turkic it is full of Thieves, that keep in
Troops together, and way-lay the Merchants upon the Roads, and if they be not
very well guarded will certainly rob them: nay many times murder them. A mif-
chief prevented in Pcrfia by the well order’d convenience which is provided for
Travellers. To avoid thefe dangers and inconveniences, you are oblig’d to ftay
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Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.

Author: John-Baptist Tavernier

Publication details: Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St Paul's Churchyard, MDCLXXXIV [1864].

Physical description: Pagination. Vol. 1: [18], 184, 195-264, [2]; [2], 214; [6], 94, [6], 101-113, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates (1 folded). Vol. 2: [8], 154; [12], 14, [2], 15-46, 47-87, [3]; 66 p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded).

Misprinted page numbers. Vol. 1, part I: 176 instead of 169; 169 instead of 176; 201 instead of 209; 202 instead of 210. Vol. 1, part II: 56 instead of 58; 61 instead of 63; 178 instead of 187. Vol. 1, part III: 13 instead of 30; 49 instead of 48. Vol. 2, part II: 93 instead of 39.

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1 volume (898 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references which covers all four books within the volume. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles anf page references. There is an alphabetic index at the end of Books I and II and a separate alphabetic index of place names which accompanies the map at the beginning of book IV.

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'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎1] (30/1024), British Library: Printed Collections, 567.i.19., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026187077.0x00001f> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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