The present state of the islands in the archipelago, or Arches, seas of Constantinople and gulph [sic] of Smyrna with the islands of Candia and Rhodes / faithfully describ'd by Ber. Randolph : to which is annexed an index shewing the longitude and latitude of all the places in the new map of Greece lately published by the same author.
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The present state of the islands in the archipelago, or Arches, seas of Constantinople and gulph [sic] of Smyrna with the islands of Candia and Rhodes / faithfully describ'd by Ber. Randolph : to which is annexed an index shewing the longitude and latitude of all the places in the new map of Greece lately published by the same author.
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Randolph, Bernard, b. 1643.
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Printed ... in Oxford :: [s.n.],
1687.
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"The present state of the islands in the archipelago, or Arches, seas of Constantinople and gulph [sic] of Smyrna with the islands of Candia and Rhodes / faithfully describ'd by Ber. Randolph : to which is annexed an index shewing the longitude and latitude of all the places in the new map of Greece lately published by the same author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70955.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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SCARPANTO.
Lyes almost midd-way between Candia and Rhodes. It was formerly called Carpathos, be∣ing above 80 miles in circumference. There is no secure harbour for Gallys, or small Vessels; But for ships there is a good Port to the Eastward, where the Town stands on a high hill, having a ruined Castle. The whole Island is Mountains, on which are several Greek Monasterys, one of which stands to the North, dedicated to St. Atha∣nasius; which maintaines above 40 Callojeroes. The inhabitants are very poor, and seldom free from the visits of the Privateers. Any ships which put in here may have all provision very cheap; Partridges at half a dollar a hundred alive. They say that the City of Rhodes was car∣ried from this Island, that is the Marble: Here the Mountains are most Marble, and to those that come from the South, they make a glorious shew, the Sun shining upon them. Not a quarter of the Island is inhabited; nor are there above three thousand Inhabitants.
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To the South West part of this is the Island of
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