A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages, in Two Tomes: The First Containing Leonhart Rauwolff's Itinerary Into the Eastern Countries

S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693 - Africa - 625 pages

CONTENTS	1

Of the famous City of Tripoli of	19

Of the Turks of high and low Conditi	35

A Defcription of the Plants I gathered	47

Which way I travelled from Tripolisfur	57

within and without Gardens p	61

Of the high Places and Authority	69

Of the great Trading and Dealing	83

A common Account of feveral forts	311

Of the Greeks P 343	326

Of the Gregorians P	347

Of the Abyffins Prieft John called	353

Of the Knights of the Temple of Jeru	360

Of Bethlehem the Mountains	373

P	384

TOME II	3

Afhort and plain Relation of Plants	100

Ho OW I departed from Halepo to the famous City of Bir and how 1 fai	121

Which way we went into the Ship	131

Of the City of Racka and of its	146

Of the Inhabitants of the Mountains	153

Of our Voyage to the famous Town Ana	161

Which way we travelled from	169

Of the Famous City of Bagdet called	179

Which way I came in my return from	197

Which way we went through Mefopo	206

Of the Turkish Phyficians and Apothe	218

Of the large and high Mount of	224

Cunning and deceitful Stratagems	236

PART III	240

A plain Defcription of the City of	254

A Short Description of his Departure from Tripoli a Town of Phenicia	257

A Short Relation of my Travels by Land	266

Of the Saracens and Turkish Religion	281

Of Mount Bethzetha and the	292

An Account of a Journey by Land from	12

Of fome Beasts and mechanick Trades	18

Some Plants obferved by Sir George Wheeler in	30

An Account of the City of Prufa in Bithynia and	50

An Account of the Latitude of Conftantinople	84

Some Obfervations made in a Voyage	90

of the Pyramids of Egypt by Mr Greaves Pro	98

A defcription of the Second Pyramid p 121	121

Of the rest of the Pyramids in the Lybian Defart	127

Of the Pyramids Sphynx Mummies c	134

Of the Sphynx p 139	139

A Letter from Dublin concerning the Porphyry Pillars	149

A Journey from Grand Caire to Mecha p 156	156

Of Mecha and Medina p 162	162

Some Obfervations made by Sir Henry Middleton	169

Of Ethiopia by Michael of Tripoly Ambaſſador	175

More Obfervations of Ethiopia by Father Lobo	183

The ways of Fishing on the Propontis	17

Title	A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages, in Two Tomes: The First Containing Leonhart Rauwolff's Itinerary Into the Eastern Countries
Author	John Ray
Editor	John Ray
Translated by	Nicolaus Staphorst
Compiled by	John Ray
Publisher	S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	Oct 10, 2011
Length	625 pages

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