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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... hundred Janisaries . Right before this towne from the seaward is a banke of moving sand , which gathereth and increaseth with the Westerne winds , in such sort , that , according to an olde prophesie among them , this banke is like to ...
... hundred Janisaries . Right before this towne from the seaward is a banke of moving sand , which gathereth and increaseth with the Westerne winds , in such sort , that , according to an olde prophesie among them , this banke is like to ...
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... hundred Janisaries and good artillery . A river passeth thorow the midst of the city , wherewith they water their gardens and mulbery trees , on which there Store of white grow abundance of silke wormes , wherewith they make great ...
... hundred Janisaries and good artillery . A river passeth thorow the midst of the city , wherewith they water their gardens and mulbery trees , on which there Store of white grow abundance of silke wormes , wherewith they make great ...
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... hundred Janisaries . Within foure miles round about are goodly gardens and vineyards and trees , which beare goodly fruit neere unto the rivers side , which is but small ; the walles are about three English miles in compasse , but the ...
... hundred Janisaries . Within foure miles round about are goodly gardens and vineyards and trees , which beare goodly fruit neere unto the rivers side , which is but small ; the walles are about three English miles in compasse , but the ...
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... hundred houses , and a place appointed for discharging of such goods as come downe the river : the inhabitants are Arabians . Not finding camels here , we were con- strained to unlade our goods , and hired an hundred asses to cary our ...
... hundred houses , and a place appointed for discharging of such goods as come downe the river : the inhabitants are Arabians . Not finding camels here , we were con- strained to unlade our goods , and hired an hundred asses to cary our ...
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... hundred Jani- saries , besides other souldiers continually in garison and pay , but his chiefe strength is of gallies which are about five and twenty or thirty very faire and furnished with goodly ordinance . To this port of Balsara ...
... hundred Jani- saries , besides other souldiers continually in garison and pay , but his chiefe strength is of gallies which are about five and twenty or thirty very faire and furnished with goodly ordinance . To this port of Balsara ...
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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