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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.Vol. 1.by Robert Kerr.PREFACE.In this enlightened age, when every department of science and literature is making rapid progress, and knowledge of every kind excites uncommon interest, and is widely d
- 21 _The Introduction of Rubruquis to Mangu-khan_.The people brought us from the court ram-skin coats, and breeches of the same, with shoes, which my companion and interpreter accepted, but I thought the fur garment which I brought from Baatu was sufficient f
- 20 Next day being the Kalends, 1st December, was the pa.s.sover of the Saracens, and I changed my lodging to the neighbourhood of another temple of idols; for the people of this place shew hospitality to all messengers, every one according to his abilities.
- 19 At the region from the west sh.o.r.e of the Caspian, where the Iron-gate of Alexander is situated, now called Derbent, and from the mountains of the Alani, and along the Palus Moeotis, or sea of Azoph, into which the Tanais falls, to the northern ocean, w
- 18 From this opinion, I could not move him by any arguments; so that these people are much estranged from becoming Christians, by the a.s.sertion of that opinion by the Russians, and other Christians, who come among them in great numbers.On the same day, whi
- 17 From the milk of their cows they make b.u.t.ter, which they do not salt for preservation, but boil and clarify it, after which it is poured into bags made of sheep-skin, and preserved for winter use. The residue of the milk is kept till it becomes quite s
- 16 _Dedication by the Author_ To the Most Excellent and Most Christian Lord Louis, by the Grace of G.o.d the ill.u.s.trious King of the French; Friar William de Rubruquis, the meanest of the Minorite Order, wisheth health and continual triumph in CHRIST JESU
- 15 The dukes a.s.sembled in the great tent, and consulted together, as we thought, about the election of the emperor. The rest of the people were collected all round the wooden walls, and at a considerable distance; and in this manner they continued till alm
- 14 [1] The journal of Carpini begins here, that of Asceline never appears.--E.[2] At this period Jeroslaw, or Jeroslaus, was grand duke of Wolodimir or Wladimire, then considered as the sovereigns of Russia, who was succeeded by Alexander.--_Playf. Syst. of
- 13 [1] The Kirguses, inhabiting Western Turkestan, between Lake Balkash and the Caspian.--E.[2] The remainder of this short section is so ridiculously fabulous as not to merit translation, and is therefore omitted.--E.SECTION XIII._Of the death of Zingis, an
- 12 SECTION V._Of their Good and Bad Customs_.[Ill.u.s.tration: Map of the Western part of Tartary & Adjacent Countries]Some of their customs are commendable, and others execrable. They are more obedient to their lords than any other people, giving them vast
- 11 26. E, to the promontory of Tschuts-koi-nos, or the East Cape of Asia, in long. 190. E. this vast region extends in length 160 degrees of longitude, or not less than 8000 miles. Its southern boundaries are more difficultly ascertainable: but, except where
- 10 [5] Psianki may, perhaps, be Poland, and Buria Bavaria.--E.[6] The Arabs, so called from their supposed ancestor, Ismael.--E.[7] Perhaps Blachernae.--E.[8] The Karaites were a sect among the Jews, who confined their observances and religious belief to the
- 9 [18] This does not refer to the coast of Barbary in the Mediterranean, but must mean the coast of the barbarian Arabs or Bedouins.--E.[19] This singular expression probably signifies that the inhabitants are without law or regular government.--E.[20] This
- 8 Komar is the country whence the aloes wood, which we call Hud al Komari, is brought; and it is a very populous kingdom, of which the inhabitants are very courageous. In this country, the boundless commerce with women is forbidden, and indeed it has no win
- 7 There are no taxes imposed upon the lands, but all the men of the country are subject to a poll-tax in proportion to their substance. When any failure of crops makes necessaries dear, the king opens his store-houses to the people, and soils all sorts of n
- 6 To the natives of Winland, the Icelanders gave the name of Skraellinger, signifying cuttings or dwarfs, on account of their being of very low stature. These were probably the ancestors of the present Eskimaux, who are the same people with the Greenlanders
- 5 Note.--The subsequent sections of this chapter, although not of much importance in themselves, and some of them possessing rather doubtful authenticity, are inserted in this place on the authority of Hakluyt. In an English general collection of voyages an
- 4 [42] The country on the Wisle or Vistula, being great and little Poland.--Forst.[43] These for some time inhabited Dacia, and, being famous in history, Alfred was willing at least to mention one of their residences.--Forst.[44] The Delamensen, or Daleminz
- 3 Opposite to the Alps, _on the north_, is Gallia-belgica, near which is the river Rhine, which discharges itself into the Britanisca sea, and to the north, on the other side of this sea, is Brittannia[66]. The land to the west of _Ligore_, Liguria, is AEqu
- 2 [15] In a treaty between the Teutonic knights, and the newly converted Prussians, the latter engaged never to burn their dead, nor to bury them with their horses, arms, clothes, and valuables.--Forst.[16] This power of producing cold in summer, so much ad
- 1 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.Vol. 1.by Robert Kerr.PREFACE.In this enlightened age, when every department of science and literature is making rapid progress, and knowledge of every kind excites uncommon interest, and is widely d