Sandys Travels: containing an history of the original and present state of the Turkish empire ... the Mahometan religion and ceremonies. A description of Constantinople ... also, of Greece ... Of Ægypt ... A description of the Holy-Land ... Lastly, Italy described, and the islands adjoining. Illustrated with fifty graven maps and figures (1673)
Sandys, George, 1578-1644 · London : Printed for J. Williams junior · leaf 117
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