A collection of curious travels & voyages in two tomes ... / by John Ray ...
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- A collection of curious travels & voyages in two tomes ... / by John Ray ...
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- Ray, John, 1627-1705.
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- London :: Printed for S. Smith and B. Walford ...,
- 1693.
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Contents
- title page
- dedication
- THE BOOKSELLERS TO THE READER.
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Dr. Leonhart Rauwolff, TO His Honoured Cousins and Friends, HANS WIDTHOLTZ, CHRISTOPH. CHRISTEL, AND NICHOLAS BEMER. - THE CONTENTS.
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volume - 1
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THE FIRST PART OF
Doctor Leonhart Rauwolff's Travels into the Eastern Countries: In which is chiefly Treated, how he got intoSyria, and what strange things he there saw and obser∣ved. - half title
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THE SECOND PART OF THE TRAVELS OF
Dr. Leonhart Rauwolff INTO THE Eastern Countries. Wherein is treated of his Journey fromHalepo through the Famous Town ofBabylonia, toBagdet ; what he saw by the way, and what did befal him in going and coming by Water and by Land. VVith a brief Account of the high Mount ofLibanus, of the strange Plants and Inhabitants thereof. -
THE THIRD PART OF
Dr. Leonhart Rauwolff's TRAVELS INTO THE Eastern Countries. Wherein is chiefly Treated of the Land ofPromise, the City ofJerusalem, and also of several Opinions, Beliefs and Errors of theTurks andChristians.
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THE FIRST PART OF
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volume - 2
- half title
- title page
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Curious TRAVELS AND VOYAGES,
&c. TOME II.- CHAP. I.
- CHAP. II.
- CHAP. III.
- CHAP. IV.
- CHAP. V.
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Some Plants observ'd by Sir
George Wheeler in his Voyage toGreece andAsia minor. -
Historical Observations relating to
Constan∣tinople. By the Reverend and Learned Tho. Smith,D.D. Fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxon,and of the Royal Society. -
An Account of the City of
Prusa inBithynia, and a Continuation of the Historical Obser∣vations relating toConstantinople ; by the Reverend and LearnedTho. Smith, D.D. Fellow ofMagd. Coll. Oxon. andof the Royal Society. -
An Account of the Latitude of
Constanti∣nople andRhodes ; written by the Lear∣ned Mr.John Greaves, sometime Professor of Astronomy in the Ʋniversity ofOxford, and directed to the most ReverendJames Ussher,Archbishop of Ardmagh. - CHAP. VI.
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More Observations made in
Ae∣gypt, by Guilandinus,Alpinus, and others. -
Of the Pyramids of
AEGYPT. By Mr.Creaves, Professor of Astro∣nomy in the Ʋniversity ofOxford. -
A Description of the first and fairest
Pyramid. - The Description of the Inside of the first Pyramid.
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A Description of the second
Pyra∣mid. -
A Description of the third
Pyramid, out of Mr.Belon andGreaves. -
Of the rest of the
Pyramids in the LybianDesart. -
In what manner the
Pyramids were built. - The Conclusion.
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Of the Pyramids, Sphynx, Mum∣mies, &c. By FatherVansleb, and others. -
Of the
Sphynx. -
Of the Wells where the
Mummies are. -
A Description of an entire Body of
a Mummy. -
A Letter from
Dublin, concerning the Porphyry Pillarsin Egypt.By Dr. Huntingdon. -
The Cutts of these Pillars are not prefixt to this Paper, because engraven and published elsewhere.
See Philosoph. Trans.N. 178.p. 1252. -
A Journey from
Grand Caire to Mecha. -
Of the
Aga sent to meet the Caravan upon their Return. -
Of Mechaand Medina. -
An Extract of a Journey through part of
Arabia Felix, from the Copy inRamusio 's Collection. -
Some Observations made by Sir
Henry Middleton,and other English-men, inArabia Felix, when they were most treacherously seized, and led Prisoners fromMoha andAden up toZenan. Also Capt.Payton 's and Capt.Heyn 's Observations in some parts ofArabia Felix. -
Of the Ways and Roads between
Egypt and Ethiopia. -
Of Ethiopia:By Michael of Tripoly, Ambassador from theHabessine Em∣perorto the Grand Signior. -
More Observations of
Ethiopia, by Fa∣ther Lobo,Father Alvarez,Father Tellez, and others; extracted from theirPortuguese Voyages.
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A Description of the first and fairest
- STIRPIUM ORIENTALIUM. RARIORUM CATALOGI TRES.
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A
Catalogue ofBooks Print∣ted for, and are to be Sold by Sam. Smithand Benj. Wal∣ford,at the Prince's Arms, inSt. Paul's Church-yard, 1693.