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Some years travels into divers parts of Africa and Asia the great. : Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the orientall India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCLXIV. [1664].
Call number: 605955
Creator: Herbert, Thomas (1606-1682)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Liber Antiquus, Early Books & Manuscripts, July 2013.
Dimensions: 30 cm (folio)
Associated people: Best, John, (-1674,); Crooke, Andrew, (1607-1677,); Hollar, Wenceslaus,
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