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The six voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)

Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, 1605-1689, Phillips, John, 1631-1706 · London : Printed for R.L. and M.P. · leaf 313

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t Mogul,as alfo into Perfia and Arabia ; for all their Difhes are of Copper, which theycaufe to be Tinned over every month* Among the meaner fort of people, thereis little to be feen but this Tin-money, and the Shels calld Cori j which Ihave fpoken of already. Fig. i, and 2. is that great piece of… … Part II. An account of the Money of Asia. *7 three Deneers. This piece of Tin is only thick in the fides, the middle be-ing as thin as Paper. Fig. 3, and 4. is a piece that goes at the value of four Deneers. Fig. y, and 6. are their Shells, whereof they give fifty for the little pieceof Tin. The…

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