Purchas his Pilgrimage : or, Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present

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Purchas his Pilgrimage : or, Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present

by Samuel Purchas

Printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1613

[1st ed.]

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Pvrchas his Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present

In foure partes : this first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent : declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions, idols, oracles, temples, priests, fasts, feasts, sacrifices, and rites religious : their beginnings, proceedings, alterations, sects, orders, and successions : with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same

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Paging irregular: p. 35, 134, 212, 214, 231, 369, 379, 473, 485, 490, 491, 543 incorrectly numbered 33, 132, 112, 114, 131, 373, 373, 467, 483, 489, 490, 583 respectively; 467, 470-472 repeated in numbering, 675-676 omitted

Latter p. [1]-[13]: A table of the principall matters containd in the five first bookes, which are of Asia ; latter p. [13]-[20]: A table of the principall matters in the foure last bookes, which are of Africa and America

Includes bibliographical references and index

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