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The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys [electronic resource] : Through Italy, Greece,...

The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys [electronic resource] : Through Italy, Greece,...

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The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys [electronic resource] : Through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Muscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts, and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and, III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships. To which are added 2 narrativs sent from Capt. D. Butler, relating to the taking in of Astrachan by the Cosacs. Illustrated with divers curious plates, first designed and taken from the life by the author himself. Rendered out of Nether-dutch by John Morrison·

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The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys [electronic resource] : Through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Muscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts, and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and, III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships. To which are added 2 narrativs sent from Capt. D. Butler, relating to the taking in of Astrachan by the Cosacs. Illustrated with divers curious plates, first designed and taken from the life by the author himself. Rendered out of Nether-dutch by John Morrison·

Publisher

London : printed for Samuel Smith, at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard, MDCLXXXIII. [1683]

Uniform title

Reysen door Moscovien, Tartarijen, Oost-Indien. English.

Alternative title

Voyages of John Struys.

Date

MDCLXXXIII. [1683]

Record Identifier

74VvdErwMJjO

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991005932809702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[16], 378, [10] p., [19] leaves of plates.

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Publisher

London : printed for Samuel Smith, at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard, MDCLXXXIII. [1683]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCLXXXIII. [1683]

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The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys [electronic resource] : Through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Muscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhab...

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General note

Title page in red and black.

A translation, by John Morrison, of: Struys, Jan Janszoon. Reysen door Moscovien, Tartarijen, Oost-Indien.

With running title: The voyages of John Struys.

With an index and table of contents.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Citation / References Note

Wing (2nd ed.) S6019.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1858:14)

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74VvdErwMJjO

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991005932809702626