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califf_n of_o bagdet_n p._n 20._o chap._n 8._o of_o babylon_n the_o red_a sea_n homerite_n aden_n a_o strong_a town_n and_o famous_a haven_n cameran_n and_o other_o place_n in_o the_o red_a sea_n p._n 22._o chap._n 9_o of_o dalasci_n a_o town_n belong_v to_o the_o grand_a neguz_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o socotora_n with_o a_o description_n of_o a_o prodigious_a tempest_n p._n 25._o chap._n 10._o of_o the_o island_n and_o kingdom_n of_o ormus_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o government_n of_o the_o trade_n there_o and_o of_o his_o several_a conquest_n p._n 29._o chap._n 11._o of_o persia_n her_o confine_n and_o province_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o lake_n of_o pitch_n p._n 31._o chap._n 12._o of_o the_o town_n of_o tauris_n sumachia_n bachat_n casbin_n and_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a place_n of_o persia_n p._n 34._o chap._n 13_o of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n their_o power_n pleasure_n of_o the_o sophi_n hali_n and_o some_o sect_n of_o religious_a persian_n of_o the_o ancient_a mages_n and_o other_o officer_n of_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 37._o chap._n 14._o of_o the_o east-indies_n the_o conquest_n of_o they_o sect_n and_o religion_n of_o the_o east_n and_o other_o particular_n of_o the_o country_n p._n 41._o chap._n 15._o of_o diu_n her_o state_n and_o fort_n and_o the_o neighbour_a country_n of_o cambayette_n of_o the_o fidelity_n of_o the_o indian_a censal_n and_o of_o the_o marvellous_a ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n p._n 43._o chap._n 16._o of_o deli_n malabar_n of_o goa_n the_o capital_a town_n of_o india_n p._n 49._o chap._n 17._o of_o baticola_n decan_n amadiva_n and_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o cananor_n p._n 54._o chap._n 18._o of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o samorin_n of_o calicut_n of_o the_o native_n of_o that_o country_n and_o of_o their_o horrible_a superstition_n p._n 57_o chap._n 19_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o cochin_n the_o goodness_n of_o the_o soil_n custom_n of_o
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