Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greatest Philosophers of This Age. Together With Several Discourses Read Before the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Physical and Mathematical
Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greatest Philosophers of This Age. Together With Several Discourses Read Before the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Physical and Mathematical
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1707 edition. Excerpt: ... An ExtraS of the Journals of two several Voyages of the English Merchants of the Fafiory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, anciently calTd Palmyra. OU R Merchants of this worthy Factory, being generally Men of more than. ordinary Birth and Education, have not been wanting (as the intervals of leisure front their ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1707 edition. Excerpt: ... An ExtraS of the Journals of two several Voyages of the English Merchants of the Fafiory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, anciently calTd Palmyra. OU R Merchants of this worthy Factory, being generally Men of more than. ordinary Birth and Education, have not been wanting (as the intervals of leisure front their gainful.Trassick would permit) to make Voyages of Curiosity, .to visit the celebrated Remains of Antiquity in those Parts, whereby the once flourishing State of the World, under the Roman Empire, is abundantly evinced. And being inform'd by the Natives, that the Ruins of the City of. Tadmor were more considerable than any they had yet seen, they were tempted to enterprize this hazardous and painful Voyage over the Dejart; but having been, by the persidy of the Arabs!, disappointed of their Desires in their first Attempt, they were, obliged to defer their Curiosity, till they could better provide for their Security: whereof being assured; from the Considence some of them had in the Friendship of Affyne then King of the Arabs, they adventured again, in the Year i6oi, and had full liberty to visit, observe and. transcribe wbat they pleased. What What Account they there took, the Publick has already seen in our Last, iince which, fcy the Favour of Mr. Timothy Lanoy and Mr. Aaron Goodyear, two very Eminent Merchants, who were both in the first; Voyage, we have received not only the Draught of the Prospect of those noble Ruins, taken upon the Place, (of which we here give a Copy, ) but also the Journals of both the Voyages; which, for the Satisfaction of the Curious, we have thought sit to Publiih: The first Voyage Anno. 1678. July 18. at Five in the Morning, we set out from Aleppo, being sixteen Enghjh; but with Servants and Mulettiers in all...
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