Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : A collection of curious travels and voyages.…

Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wheeler, Dr. Smith, Mr. Greaves, and others. To which are added three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs, as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.

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Title: Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wheeler, Dr. Smith, Mr. Greaves, and others. To which are added three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs, as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.

Edition: Second edition corrected and improved

Original Publication: London: J. Walthoe : D. Midwinter : A. Bettesworth et al, 1738.

Note: Stirpium orientalium : Rariorum catalogi tres. (44 pp. at end of work)

Credits: Charlene Taylor, Adrian Mastronardi, David Garcia. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Creator: Ray, John, 1627-1705

Author: Rauwolf, Leonhard, 1535-1596

Contributor: Belon, Pierre, 1517?-1564

Translator: Staphorst, Nicolaus, 1679-1731

EBook No.: 76193

Published: May 30, 2025

Downloads: 389

Language: English

Language: Latin

Subject: Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Plants -- Classification -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Botany -- Pre-Linnean works

Subject: Greece -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

LoCC: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wheeler, Dr. Smith, Mr. Greaves, and others. To which are added three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs, as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.