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Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : $b A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George WhRay, John

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Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : $b A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wh

Ray, John

Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Botany -- Pre-Linnean works; Greece -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Plants -- Classification -- Early works to 1800; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800

Chap. VIII. _Of the famous city of ~Bagdat~, call’d ~Baldac~;
    of it’s situation, strange plants, great traffick, and
    Merchants of several nations that live there, together with
    several other things I saw and did learn at my departing._      p. 142

  Chap. IX. _Which way I came in my return from ~Bagdat~, through
    ~Assyria~, the confines of ~Persia~, and the province of the
    ~Curters~, to the town ~Carcuch~, ~Capril~, &c. and at length
    to the river ~Tygris~, to ~Mossel~, that famous town which was
    formerly call’d ~Nineveh~._                                     p. 159

  Chap. X. _Which way we went through ~Mesopotamia~, by the way
    of ~Zibin~ and ~Orpha~, to ~Bir~, not without a great deal
    of danger; and afterwards how we passed the great river, the
    ~Euphrates~, and came at last into ~Syria~, by ~Nisib~, to the
    famous town of ~Aleppo~._                                       p. 168

  Chap. XI. _Of the ~Turkish~ Physicians and Apothecaries; of my
    comrade ~Hans Ulrich Krafft~ of ~Ulm~’s hard imprisonment; of
    the great danger that I was in, in the two towns of ~Aleppo~
    and ~Tripoli~; of the murdering of some Merchants, and what
    else did happen when I was there._                              p. 179

  Chap. XII. _Of the large and high mount of ~Libanus~, it’s
    inhabitants and strange plants that are found there._           p. 186

  Chap. XIII. _Cunning and deceitful stratagems of the ~Grand
    Turk~ against the inhabitants of mount ~Libanus~, the ~Trusci~,
    and ~Maronites~; and how he made war with them, and what damage
    they sustained by it._                                          p. 198


                              PART. III.

  Chap. I. _A Short description of his departure from ~Tripoli~,
    a town of ~Phœnicia~ in ~Syria~, and how I went from thence to
    ~Joppa~._                                                       p. 203

  Chap. II. _A short relation of my travels by land from the
    harbour of ~Joppa~, to the city of ~Jerusalem~._                p. 212

  Chap. III. _A plain description of the city of ~Jerusalem~, as
    it was to be seen in our time; and of the adjacent countries._  p. 220

  Chap. IV. _Of mount ~Sion~, and it’s holy places._                p. 229

  Chap. V. _Of the mount ~Moria~, and the glorious temple of
    ~Solomon~._                                                     p. 239

  Chap. VI. _Of the ~Saracens~ and ~Turkish~ religion, ceremonies
    and hypocritical life, with a short hint how long time their
    reign shall last after ~Mahomet~’s decease._                    p. 257

  Chap. VII. _Of mount ~Bethzetha~, and the two houses of
    ~Pilate~ and ~Herod~._                                          p. 258

  Chap. VIII. _Of mount ~Calvaria~, and the holy grave of our
    Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ._                                 p. 260

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