Pitts, Joseph

The Red Sea and adjacent countries at the close of the seventeenth century / as described by Joseph Pitts, William Daniel, and Charles Jacques Poncet. Edited by Sir William Foster - xl, 192 pages : illus., maps (1 fold.) facsims ; 23 cm - Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd. ser., no.100 . - Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 100 .

Includes reprints of: Pitts' account of his journey from Algiers to Mecca and Medina and back (an extract from his A true and faithful account of the religion and manners of the Mohammetans, 3d ed., 1731): Daniel's A journal or account of William Daniel his late expedition to go from London to Surrat, London, 1702; and Poncet's A voyage to Æthiopia made in the year 1698, 1699, and 1700, London, 1709 With reproductions of the title pages of Daniel's and Poncet's works

Bibliography: p. [xxxix]-xl

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Voyages and travels


Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Saudi Arabia--Description and travel
Ethiopia--Description and travel

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