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Record Nr.

UNISA996387233003316

Autore

Herbert Thomas, Sir, <1606-1682.>

Titolo

Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique [[electronic resource] ] : Describing especially the two famous empires, the Persian, and the great Mogull: weaved with the history of these later times as also, many rich and spatious kingdomes in the orientall India, and other parts of Asia; together with the adjacent iles. Severally relating the religion, language, qualities, customes, habit, descent, fashions, and other observations touching them. With a revivall of the first discoverer of America. Revised and enlarged by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by R[ichard] Bi[sho]p. for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, 1638

Descrizione fisica

[12], 256, 259-364, [14] p. : ill., maps (metal cuts)

Soggetti

Voyages and travels

Iran Description and travel Early works to 1800

India Description and travel 1498-1761 Early works to 1800

America Discovery and exploration Pre-Columbian Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

With an additional title page, engraved, "Some yeares travels into Africa & Asia the Great. .. By Tho: Herbert Esq[uire]", signed: W· M· sculp:, i.e. William Marshall.

Printer's name from STC.

The first leaf is blank.

Includes index.

Originally published in 1634 as: A relation of some yeares travaile.

Reproduction of the original in the University of Virginia. Library.

Last leaf mutilated; engraved title page, p. 354-end from University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library copy spliced at end.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0181