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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. IX. _Here follow some epitaphs of the Christian Kings of
    ~Jerusalem~, together with a short relation of their reigns and
    mighty deeds._                                                  p. 271

  Chap. X. _A common account of several sorts of Christians, but
    chiefly of them that are always to be found in the temple of
    mount ~Calvaria~. And also how these, and many other strangers,
    are treated by the ~Turkish~ Emperor (as by their chief head,
    to whom they are generally subjected) and his officers._        p. 275

  Chap. XI. _Of the ~Greeks~._                                      p. 288

  Chap. XII. _Of the ~Surians~ that esteem themselves to be
    Christians._                                                    p. 290

  Chap. XIII. _Of the ~Gregorians~._                                p. 291

  Chap. XIV. _Of the ~Armenians~ and their religion._               p. 292

  Chap. XV. _Of the ~Nestorians~._                                  p. 294

  Chap. XVI. _Of the ~Jacobites~ call’d ~Golti~._                   p. 296

  Chap. XVII. _Of the ~Abyssins~, Priest ~John~, call’d
    ~Lederwick~, subject unto the King of the ~Moors~._             p. 297

  Chap. XVIII. _Of the ~Maronites~._                                p. 300

  Chap. XIX. _Of the ~Latinists~ or ~Papists~._                     p. 301

  Chap. XX. _Of the Knights of the Temple of ~Jerusalem~, the
    Order of the ~Johannites~._                                     p. 304

  Chap. XXI. _A short description of some places, hills, valleys,
    ~&c.~ that lie near and about ~Jerusalem~. Of the mount of
    ~Olives~, and it’s holy places._                                p. 309

  Chap. XXII. _Of ~Bethlehem~, the mountains of ~Judea~, and
    their famous places. Where also is made mention of my returning
    back from ~Jerusalem~ to ~Tripoli~._                            p. 316

  Chap. XXIII. _How I took ship at ~Tripolis~ in ~Syria~, and
    sailed back from thence to ~Venice~, and travell’d home again
    to my own relations at ~Augspurg~._                             p. 327


                                VOL. II.

  Chap. I. _Mr ~Belon~’s remarks in the island of ~Creta~ or
    ~Candy~._                                                       p. 341

  Chap. II. _A description of mount ~Athos~, commonly call’d
    ~Monte Santo~, by Mr ~Belon~._                                  p. 345

  Chap. III. _An account of a journey by land from mount ~Athos~
    to ~Constantinople~, wherein the gold and silver mines of
    ~Macedonia~, together with many antiquities and natural
    rarities are described._                                        p. 349

  Chap. IV. _The ways of fishing on the ~Propontis~, the
    ~Bosphorus~, and ~Hellespont~; as also of the fishes taken. By
    M. ~Belon~._                                                    p. 353

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