The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation: Made by Sea Or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeeres, Issue 6J. MacLehose and sons, 1904 |
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... downe in manifolde branches , and therefore is called by the people of the countrey by a name which signifieth a thousand heads . Here is plenty of victuals , wherof we all furnished our selves for a long journey downe the aforesayd ...
... downe in manifolde branches , and therefore is called by the people of the countrey by a name which signifieth a thousand heads . Here is plenty of victuals , wherof we all furnished our selves for a long journey downe the aforesayd ...
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... downe the river . Euphrates at Birrah is about the breadth of the Thames at Lambeth , and in some places narrower , in some broader : it runneth very swiftly , almost as fast as the river of Trent : it hath divers sorts of fish in it ...
... downe the river . Euphrates at Birrah is about the breadth of the Thames at Lambeth , and in some places narrower , in some broader : it runneth very swiftly , almost as fast as the river of Trent : it hath divers sorts of fish in it ...
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... downe the river of Tigris from Mosul which was called Ninive in olde time . They bring these victuals and divers sorts of marchandises upon rafts borne upon Rafts borne goats skins blowen up ful of wind in maner of blad- upon bladders ...
... downe the river of Tigris from Mosul which was called Ninive in olde time . They bring these victuals and divers sorts of marchandises upon rafts borne upon Rafts borne goats skins blowen up ful of wind in maner of blad- upon bladders ...
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... downe the river . The building here is most of bricke dried in the Sun , and very litle or no stone is to be found : their houses are Seldome rain . all flat - roofed and low . They have no raine for eight moneths together , nor almost ...
... downe the river . The building here is most of bricke dried in the Sun , and very litle or no stone is to be found : their houses are Seldome rain . all flat - roofed and low . They have no raine for eight moneths together , nor almost ...
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... downe the gulfe , gulfe . they go to a place called Baharem in the mid way to Ormus : there they fish for pearles foure moneths in the yere , to wit , in June , July , August , and September . My abode in Balsara was just sixe moneths ...
... downe the gulfe , gulfe . they go to a place called Baharem in the mid way to Ormus : there they fish for pearles foure moneths in the yere , to wit , in June , July , August , and September . My abode in Balsara was just sixe moneths ...
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aboord Admirall aforesaid againe Aleppo alwayes anker aspers Babylon Balsara Bassa Beglerbegs Benin betwixt boate brought called Cape Cape Verde Captaine Caravels caried castle Chaul China clocke coast comming companie of marchants countrey custome dayes degrees divers dominions East England English fadome farre foorth foure Gallies Generall gold Governour and companie Grand Signior graunt Guinea hath hundred Iland John king kingdome knowen laden land larines leagues letters patents Levant lieth Lisbon litle Majestie Malacca maner marchandise Master moneth monson neere Negros night ordinance Ormus Ormuz ounces Palmas pinnesse Pinteado Portugall Portugals pounds quintall Ralph Fitch ranne river sayd Governour sent Sestos set saile shewed shippe ships depart shoare shore shot side sight sort souldiers standeth Sunne tangas Tenerif thence thereof things thither thousand tooke towne traffike traffique trees tunnes Turkes unto victuals voyage warres wherein winde yeere yere