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1 online resource (cxxi, 320 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : color maps. |
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text file |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 32
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 32.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages iii-xvi) and index. |
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""Cover""; ""table of contents""; ""preface, by the translator""; ""introduction, by the editor""; ""the travels of ludovico di varthema""; ""dedication to countess of albi and duchess of tagliacozzo""; ""the first chapter, concerning alexandria""; ""the chapter concerning cairo""; ""the chapter concerning baruti, tripoli, and aleppo""; ""the chapter concerning aman and menin""; ""the first chapter concerning damascus""; ""the second chapter concerning the said damascus""; ""chapter the third, concerning the mamelukes in damascus""; ""the book concerning arabia deserta"" |
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""The chapter showing the route from damascus to mecca, wherein some arabs are concerned""""the chapter concerning the city of sodom and gomorrah""; ""the chapter concerning a mountain inhabited by jews""; ""the chapter concerning where mahomet and his companions were buried""; ""the chapter concerning the temple and sepulchre of mahomet and his companions""; ""the chapter concerning the journey to go from medina to mecca""; ""the chapter showing how mecca is constructed, and why the moors go to mecca""; ""the chapter concerning the merchandize in mecca"" |
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""The chapter concerning the pardoning in mecca""""the chapter concerning the manner op the sacrifices in mecca""; ""the chapter concerning the unicorns in the temple of mecca, not very common in other places""; ""the chapter concerning some occurrences between mecca and zida a port of mecca""; ""the chapter concerning zida, the port of mecca, and of the red sea""; ""the chapter showing why the bed sea is not navigable""; ""the second book of arabia felix""; ""the chapter concerning the city of gezan, and of its fertility""; ""the chapter concerning some people called baduin"" |
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""The chapter concerning the island of the red sea called ohamaram""""the chapter concerning the city of aden, and of some customs respecting the merchants""; ""chapter concerning the partiality of the women of arabia felix for white men""; ""chapter concerning the liberality of the queen""; ""the chapter concerning lagi, a city of arabia felix, and concerning aiaz, and the market in aiaz, and the castle dante""; ""the chapter concerning almacarana, a city of arabia felix, and of its abundance"" |
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""The chapter concerning reame, a city of arabia felix, of its air, and of the customs of its inhabitants""""the chapter concerning sana, a city of arabia felix, and of the strength and cruelty ofthe king's son""; ""the chapter concerning the sultan of all the above-mentioned cities, and wherefore he is called by the name sechamir""; ""the chapter concerning apes, and some animals like lions, very hostile to man""; ""discourse touching some places of ethiopia"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
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Voyages and travels. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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Egypt -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Egypt. |
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Syria -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Syria. |
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Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Arabian Peninsula. |
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Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Jones, John Winter, 1805-1881.
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Badger, George Percy, 1815-1888.
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| Added Title |
Itinerario. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008005619
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Varthema, Lodovico de, 15th cent. Itinerario. English. Travels of Ludovico di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia, A.D. 1503 to 1508. London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1863 (DLC) 05040431 (OCoLC)1549830 |
| ISBN |
9781409415374 (electronic book) |
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1409415376 (electronic book) |
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9781409412984 (hardback) |
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1409412989 (hardback) |
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