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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.' [‎255] (288/1024)

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. XXIII. o/Monfieur Tavernier.
J h f ^Wges are both bu.llovcr a R.vcr rhaT cwr^Tf^Toward Ke-maJ
and is fwelldl^ other ftreams that fall from the Mountains with a great noife
and d'fcharges tt felf mto the Fe^« Gulph, neer to Ba^er Congo', but becomes
brack tin by palling througn Mountains that are nothing but Salt*
From the great Bridg to Gmtchi is one of the moft°pleafant Countries in all
Tcrfia, being a contain d Grove. Guhcbi is a place accommodated with two Inns
onea very fair one and convenient; the other very ill feated, by reafon of the
daft that continually annoys it Handing upon a fandy ground. It Hands neer ten
or twelve Tents ;fo that as foon as you come to the Inn, the Arabian
Women prefently bring Milk and Butter, and other refrelhments.
A leagueand a half from Gmtcbi you meet with two Roads, cue upon the left-
hand that feems more beaten, the other upon the right. There a man may
eahly bedece.v d that has no guides For the left-hand way is a dangerous paf-
fage, and a kind of a contmu a Labyrinth among Rocks and Precipices. The
right-hand way, which is toe beft, is all upon the fand to Binder-Abjffi. and is
ufually a days (ourney. \ou meet with two Inns by the way, the laft of which
is call d built by the Sea-fide.
From Bend-AH to Bander- Abaffi, is but a little more then two leagues throueh
a Countrey abounding m Palm-trees. & °
C H A P. XXHI. . . '
Of the Ijland c/Ormus, and t)/Bander-Abaffi.
O TLmut is an Ifland in p2.i. 42. of Longitude, and in 25.^ 30. m. ofLatl-
tude. It lies at the mouth of the Ferfian Gulpb, two good Leagues from
the firm Land. There is neither tree nor herb that grows in it.* (or it is all owr
cover’d with Salt, which is very good and as white as fhow. And as for the
black mining Sand-duft of Ornw, it is very much us’d for ftandiihes.
Before the Portuguefe^ cme to Omm, there was a City where the Kings of
Oiw, who where alfo Kings of Larry rehded. . When the Portugal! took it there
were in it two young Princes, Sons of the deceafed King, whom they carri’d into
p>m. Where, in regard they were handfomely proportion’d, though fomewhat
1 war thy, the King entertain’d them very kindly, and gave them an honourable al-
iowance. One day that he had (hew’d them the EfamuL and ail the chief pieces
ot Arcnite&ure in Madrid, the King ask’d them what they thought pf living in
pain. To whom they anfwer’d, that they had leen nothing but what was worthy
admiration, but then fetching a deep ligh, and perceiving theXing defirous to
know the meaning of it, they gave him to underhand that it was for grief that
they muft never more fit under their own Tree. For near to the City oiQnnus
was a Baumans tree, being the only tree that grew in the Ifland.
The Portugals being mailers of the Ifland from an ill-built City, rear’d it to that
night of Magnificence which that Nation admires * fo that the very barrs o£ their
oors and windows were all guilt. The Fortrefs was a noble thing, and in good
repair: and they had alfo a ttately Church dedicated to the Virgin, where they
were alio wont to walk. For other place of promenading they had none. Since
e Berfians took it, the Cattle indeed ttands in good repair, with a Garrifon* th
it: but the City is gone to ruine i for the Dutch carried moft of the ttones awav
to build Bait avia. , ,
Between the Ifland o^Ormus, and the Continent the Sea is not very deep> for
A e r gre f ^P 5 t ^ at foil in and out of the Gulf, pafs by the other fide of the Ifland.
s or tie ortrefs which ttands upon a poynt oi the lfland,itisalmo(lencompa(s’d
wim the oca, and lyes right over againfl Perfia.
ander-Abajfi^ fo call’d becaufe the great Sha-Abbas the firft brought it into re
in V 00 ’ 15 at P re fo nt a Chy reafonably wellbuilt^ and ttor’d with large watre-
^ uies,over which are the lodgings of the Merchants. While the kept
liv'd in the City, all the trade was at Bandar-Abaffi, as being
0D > 0 t uC ^ re Landing-pl^ce upon all the Coafi. About 15 years ago it was an
own, but becaufe it was an eafie thing then to get into the Town, and rob
the

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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.' [‎255] (288/1024), British Library: Printed Collections, 567.i.19., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026187078.0x000059> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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