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A03066 Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique Describing especially the two famous empires, the Persian, and the great Mogull: weaved with the history of these later times as also, many rich and spatious kingdomes in the orientall India, and other parts of Asia; together with the adjacent iles. Severally relating the religion, language, qualities, customes, habit, descent, fashions, and other observations touching them. With a revivall of the first discoverer of America. Revised and enlarged by the author.; Relation of some yeares travaile Herbert, Thomas, Sir, 1606-1682.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1638 (1638) STC 13191; ESTC S119691 376,722 394

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