Purchas his pilgrimes. part 2 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

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Purchas his pilgrimes. part 2 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

Author

Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.

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London :: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose,

1625.

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Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.

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"Purchas his pilgrimes. part 2 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71307.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE, GEORGE, Duke, Marquesse, and Earle of BVCKINGHAM, Viscount VILLIERS, Baron of WHADDON, Lord High Admirall of ENGLAND, Iustice in Eyre of all his MAJESTIES Forests, Parkes, and Chaces beyond Trent; MASTER of His MAIESTIES Horse, KNIGHTof the m Noble ORDER of the GARTER, and One of His MAIESTIES most Honorable Priuie COVNCELL.
• NAVIGATIONS, VOYA∣GES, AND LAND-DISCO∣VERIES, WITH OTHER HI∣STORICALL RELATIONS OF AFRIKE.
  • CHAP. I.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
    • §. VII.
    • §. VIII.
    • §. IX.
  • CHAP. II.
    • §. I.
      • To his louing Brother Master Edward Wright.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
      • The Policie of Barbarie.
      • The chiefest men of Command in the latter times, were these.
      • The trading of the Moores into Guinee and Gago for Gold Ore, or sandie Gold.
  • CHAP. III.
    • §. I.
  • CHAP. IIII.
  • CHAP. V.
    • The names of the Captaines, Ships, their burdens, number of men and Ordnance in his Maiesties sixe Ships.
    • In the Merchants Ships.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
    • The names of the English Renegadoes, which consented, and ioyned with the slaues in the recouery of the ship, were these.
  • CHAP. VIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
• NAVIGATIONS, VOY∣AGES, AND DISCOVERIES OF THE SEA-COASTS AND IN-LAND RE∣GIONS OF AFRICA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CALLED AeTHIOPIA: BY ENGLISH∣MEN AND OTHERS.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
    • § I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
    • §. VII.
    • §. VIII.
  • CHAP. III.
    • § I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
    • §. VII.
  • CHAP. IIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. VI.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
    • §. VII.
    • §. VIII.
  • CHAP. V.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
    • §. VII.
    • §. VIII.
    • §. IX.
    • §. X.
    • §. XI.
    • §. XII.
    • §. XIII.
    • §. XIIII.
    • §. XV.
    • §. XVI.
    • §. XVII.
    • §. XVIII.
    • §. XIX.
    • §. XX.
      • A Copie of the Letter which Prete Ianni writ to Don Diego Lopez de Sequiera, which was deliuered to Lopez Vaz of Saint Paul, his Successour in the gouernment of the Indies.
      • The Letters of Dauid, the Mightie Emperour of Aethiopia, vnto Emanuel King, of Portugall, &c. Written in the yeere 1521. as also to King Iohn and Pope Clement.
  • CHAP. VI.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
  • CHAP. VII.
    • A Letter of the Patriarch Don IOHN BERMVDEZ, to the King our Lord.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
  • CHAP. VIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
      • An Armenian his report of SVSSINVS, the Emperour of the Abaxins, by vs vulgarly called PRESTER IOHN, who came from the said Emperours Court twelue daies since.
• PEREGRINATIONS, AND TRAVELS BY LAND IN∣TO PALESTINA, NATOLIA, SYRIA, ARABIA, PERSIA, AND OTHER PARTS OF ASIA.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
  • CHAP. VII.
    • TO THE READER.
  • CHAP. VIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
  • CHAP. IX.
    • Part of another Letter of Master WILLIAM BIDDVLPH, from Ierusalem.
  • CHAP. X.
    • A Letter written by Master Edward Barton Ambassador, to Master Sanderson; inscribed Al Molto Mag. Sig. Gio. Sanderson, &c.
    • Part of another Letter written likewise by the said Ambassadour from Agria, to Master Sandy the English Consull at Aleppo.
  • CHAP. XI.
    • §. I.
      • Extracts of Captaine Smiths Transyluanian Acts, out of Fr. Fer. his Storie.
    • §. II.
  • CHAP. XII.
  • CHAP. XIII.
• PEREGRINATIONS, AND. DISCOVERIES BY LAND OF ASSYRIA, ARMENIA, PERSIA, INDIA, ARABIA, AND OTHER IN-LAND COVNTRIES OF ASIA, BY Englishmen and Others; Moderne and Ancient.
  • CHAP. I.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
  • CHAP. V.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
    • TO THE READER.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • Sultan Achmet Chan, Sonne vnto the Sultan Mehemet Chan most inuincible.
  • CHAP. VII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
  • CHAP. VIII.
    • Praise be to God the Lord of the Creatures.
  • CHAP. IX.
  • CHAP. X.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
      • The inclosing of all the Rent of the Estate of India.
      • A Copie of all the ordinarie expences that are made in the Citie of Goa, at his Maiesties charges.
      • Officers belonging to Iustice.
      • Officers belonging to the Citie of Goa; her Fortresses and Pases, or Ports.
      • The Galleon of the Traffick and Voyage of Ceilaon, hath the Officers and Men as followeth.
      • Parishes within the Citie of Goa.
      • Parishes that are in this Iland of Goa.
      • Officers belonging to the holy Inquisition.
      • Expences made with the Fortresses of Sofala, Mosambique, and Sena.
      • Ordinarie expences that are made in the Fortresse of Ormus.
  • CHAP. XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
    • §. 1.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
  • CHAP. XIII.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
  • CHAP. XIIII.
  • CHAP. XV.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
    • §. VII.
    • §. VIII.
    • §. IX.
    • §. X.
    • §. XI.
    • §. XII.
      • I haue hereunto added a Letter, sent by Sultan Osman the late murdered Em∣perour, to his Maiestie, by Husein Chiaus; and translated into English, by Master Robert Withers.
      • The ensuing Letter was written by Halil Bashaw, Chiefe Vizir and Generall in the Persian Expedition, at his returne in Aprill, 1618. to Sir Paul Pinder, Ambassadour for his Majestie. Englished by Master Robert Withers.
      • To the Reader.
  • CHAP. XVI.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • subsection
  • CHAP. XVII.
  • CHAP. XVIII.
    • A Letter of Master Iohn Eldred, to G. S. Written in Bagdet the foure∣teenth day of Iuly, 1583.
    • In Balsara the sixth of Nouember. 1583.
    • In Balsara the two and twentieth of Ianuary 1583.
    • addendum
    • To the Cadilesquire of Egypt.
    • To the Beglerbie of Cairo.
    • To the Cadilesquire of Egypt.
    • To the Reader.
  • CHAP. XIX.
    • §. II.
    • §. III.
    • §. IIII.
    • §. V.
    • §. VI.
• PRAeTERITORVM, OR DISCOVERIES OF THE WORLD, SPECIALLY SVCH AS IN THE OTHER BOOKES ARE OMITTED.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
    • Extracts out of TRIGAVTIVS his Martyrologe, or Fiue Bookes of Christian Triumphs among the Iaponians, before mentioned.
    • A Letter concerning later Occurrents in Iapon from Master R. COCKE to Captaine SARIS, written at FIRANDO in Iapon, the 31. of December. 1622.
    • A Note of the Vnicornes Companie in China.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IIII.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
  • CHAP. VIII.
    • Of the Towne and Iland of Goa, chiefe Citie of India.
    • Of the Spices, Drugs, Plants and Stuffes for Physicians and Apothecaries, ordinarily vsed in India, and of their growing.
  • CHAP. IX.
    • §. I.
    • §. II.
    • § III.
    • §. IIII.
      • The Vice Admirall his second Letter.
      • A Certificate made by sundry Portugalls, how the Treasure, Iewells, &c. belon∣ging to the King and his Vizeer of Ormus, which were secretly con∣ueyed out of the Castle of Ormus by the Persians.
      • A Certificate from the Portugalls, of their kind vsage, wherein was performed more then was promised them.
      • A Letter written from Ruy frera dandrada, and sent aboord the Ionas, by one of his Captaines, named ALFONSO BORGEA, at our first arriuall neere the Castle of Keshme.
      • Another Certificate of the kind vsage of the Portugalls.
      • A third Certificate.
  • CHAP. X.
  • CHAP. XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
    • Master CORIATS Oration. Purus, putus CORIATVS. Quintessence of CORIAT.
    • Master CORYATS Constantinopolitan Obseruations abridged.
  • CHAP. XIII.
  • CHAP. XIIII.
  • CHAP. XV.
  • CHAP. XVI.
  • CHAP. XVII.
• AN ALPHABETICALL TABLE OF THE PRIN∣CIPALL THINGS CONTAI∣NED IN THE FIVE BOOKES of the second Part of PVRCHAS his Pilgrims.
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