The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes As Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: vvith a discourse of the Northwest passage. Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richarde VVilles.
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The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes As Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: vvith a discourse of the Northwest passage. Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richarde VVilles.
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Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526.
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Imprinted at London :: By Richarde Iugge,
1577.
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"The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes As Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: vvith a discourse of the Northwest passage. Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richarde VVilles." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20049.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Of our returne from the Ilande of Gyaua. Cap. 30.
AFter that we had remayned heere fyftiene dayes, wery of the maners of the inhabitantes, and of the coldnesse of the countrey that tyme of the yeere, we determyned to pro∣ceede no further: for this cause also, that there remay∣ned in maner none other region woorthie to be seene, and there∣fore hyring a lyght shyp, we departed from thence, sayling East∣warde for the space of fyftiene dayes, and came at the length to the citie of Melacha, where remayning three dayes, we tooke our leaue of our companions the Christian merchauntes, with friendly embrasinges, and sorowfull myndes. Which departure (I take God to witnesse) greeued me so sore, that if I had been a single man without wyfe and children, I would neuer haue for∣saken suche friendly men. We therefore departed, and they re∣mayned there, saying that they would shortly returne to the ci∣tie of Sana: and we takyng a Foist, returned to the citie of Cyro∣mandel. By the way, the gouernour of the shyp tolde vs, that about the Ilandes of Gyaua and Taprobana, there are aboue se∣uen thousande little Ilandes. When we arryued at Melacha▪
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my companion bought as muche spices, sweete sauours, and silke, as cost him fyue thousande peeces of golde: But we came not to the citie of Gyromandel in lesse space then fyftiene dayes saylyng. There we vnladed our Foist, and after we had remay∣ned there twentie dayes, hyring an other Foist, we came at the length to the citie of Colon, where we founde .xxii. Christians, of the realme of Portugale. And fearyng that they would take me for some espion, I began to imagine howe I myght depart from thence: But seeyng that they were so fewe in number, I chaun∣ged my purpose, especially for that there were many merchaunt Mahumetans whiche knewe that I had been at Mecha, to see the bodie of Mahumet. But within the space of twelue dayes, we came to Calecut by the ryuer.