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A short relation of the river Nile, of its sourse and current; of its overflowing the campagnia of Ægypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean: and of other curiosities.

Title: A short relation of the river Nile, of its sourse and current; of its overflowing the campagnia of Ægypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean: and of other curiosities. Written by an eye-witness, who lived many years in the chief kingdoms of the Abyssine empire.
Author: Lobo, Jerónimo, 1596?-1678.
Publication: London, Printed for J. Martin, printer to the Royal Society, 1673.

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4 p. l., 104 p.; 14.5 cm.

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Translated from Jeronymo Lobo's Itinerario by Sir Peter Wyche.
Printed by order of the society.

Contents

A short relation of the river Nile, &c.--Of the famous unicorn, where he is bred, and how shap'd.--The reason why the Abyssine emperour is called Prester John of the Indies.--A short tract of the Red Sea, and of the cause of this name by which 'tis commonly known.--A discourse of palm-trees, of their variety, their fruit, (and the usefulness of it), of their proper soil.

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*KC 1673 (Lobo, J. Short relation of the river Nile)

OCLC

15207758

Author

Lobo, Jerónimo, 1596?-1678.

Title

A short relation of the river Nile, of its sourse and current; of its overflowing the campagnia of Ægypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean: and of other curiosities. Written by an eye-witness, who lived many years in the chief kingdoms of the Abyssine empire.

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London, Printed for J. Martin, printer to the Royal Society, 1673.

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Eye witness.

Wyche, Peter, Sir, 1628-1699?. Translator

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Howard Shorthand Collection.

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*KC 1673 (Lobo, J. Short relation of the river Nile)

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