The present state of the Morea, called anciently, Peloponnesus which hath been near two hundred years under the dominion of the Turks, and is now very much depopulated : together with a description of the city of Athens, islands of Zant, Strafades, and Serigo / faithfully described by Bernard Randolph, who resided in those parts from 1671 to 1679.
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The present state of the Morea, called anciently, Peloponnesus which hath been near two hundred years under the dominion of the Turks, and is now very much depopulated : together with a description of the city of Athens, islands of Zant, Strafades, and Serigo / faithfully described by Bernard Randolph, who resided in those parts from 1671 to 1679.
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Randolph, Bernard, b. 1643.
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London :: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Tho. Basset ... John Penn ... and John Hill ...,
1686.
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"The present state of the Morea, called anciently, Peloponnesus which hath been near two hundred years under the dominion of the Turks, and is now very much depopulated : together with a description of the city of Athens, islands of Zant, Strafades, and Serigo / faithfully described by Bernard Randolph, who resided in those parts from 1671 to 1679." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A57948.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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SERIGO, formerly called CYTHERA,
Is under the Venetians, and withstood the Turks Forces which Landed there several times; the Inhabitants (who are Greeks) retired to the Castle, which is strong, yet the Turks might have taken it, but thought it not worth the loss of his men, there being no good Har∣bour for Shipping; nor is the Land fruitful, being most Stony. The Governour is a Noble-man of Venice.
FINIS.
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