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Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3
Royal Society (Great Britain)
A learned traveler sails from England to Constantinople in 1668 and writes down everything he sees. This third volume of the Royal Society's collection ranges across voyages, historical observations, and natural curiosities from the wide world beyond Britain. Scholarship and adventure bound together in one restless book. Set out with the virtuosi who wanted to know everything.
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57 chapters
- 1Miscellanea Curiosa. Containing a COLLECTION OF Curious Travels, VOYAGES, AND Natural Histories OF COUNTRIES, As they have been Delivered in to the Royal Society. VOL. III.
- 2THE CONTENTS.
- 3A Journal of a Voyage from England to Constantinople, made in the Year, 1668. by T. Smith, D. D. and F. R. S.
- 4Historical Observations relating to Constantinople. By the Reverend and Learned Tho. Smith, D. D. Fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxon. and of the Royal Society.
- 5FOOTNOTES:
- 6An account of the City of Prusa in Bythynia, and a continuation of the Historical Observations relating to Constantinople, by the Reverend and learned Thomas Smith D. D. fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxon. and of the Royal Society.
- 7A Relation of a Voyage from Aleppo to Palmyra in Syria; sent by the Reverend Mr. William Hallifax to Dr. Edward Bernard (late) Savilian Professor of Astronomy in Oxford, and by him communicated to Dr. Thomas Smith. Reg. Soc. S.
- 8FOOTNOTES:
- 9An Extract of the Journals of two several Voyages of the English Merchants of the Factory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, anciently call'd Palmyra.
- 10The first Voyage, Anno 1678.
- 11The second Voyage, Anno 1691.
- 12Some Account of the Ancient State of the City of Palmyra, with short Remarks upon the Inscriptions found there. By E. Halley.
- 13A Voyage of the Emperour of China into the Eastern Tartary, Anno. 1682.
- 14The Distances of the Places, thro' which we passed in the Eastern Tartary.
- 15A Voyage of the Emperor of China, into the Western Tartary, in the Year, 1683.
- 16An Explanation, necessary to justify the Geography supposed in these Letters.
- 17Some Observations and Conjectures concerning the Chinese Characters. Made by R. H. R. S. S.
- 18A Letter from F. A. Esq; R. S. S. to the Publisher, with a Paper of Mr. S. Flowers, containing the Exact Draughts of several unknown Characters, taken from the Ruins at Persepolis.
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