THE PREACHERS TRAVELS. WHEREIN IS SET DOWNE A TRUE IOURNALL TO THE CONFINES OF THE EAST INDIES, THROUGH THE GREAT COUNTREYES OF SYRIA, MESOPOTAMIA, ARMENIA, MEDIA, HIRCANIA AND PARTHIA. WITH THE AUTHORS RETURNE BY THE WAY OF PERSIA SUSIANA, ASSIRIA, CHALD
Cartwright, John:
London: Printed for Thomas Thorpe, 1611. [6],107pp. 19th-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt label. 1860 engraved bookplate of the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield on front pastedown. Titlepage slightly soiled. Bottom edge closely trimmed throughout, affecting numerous catchwords and signature marks. Light age-toning throughout. A few contemporary ink marks on pages 64 and 65. A very good copy. An account by John Cartwright of his travels in the Middle East in the early 17th century. An English preacher (also identified on the titlepage as a "sometimes student in Magdalen College in Oxford), the author accompanied John Mildenhall, the English merchant and traveller, on his journey from Aleppo to Kashan in Persia. "After separating from Mildenhall, Cartwright proceeded to Esfahan and continued to travel widely in the Middle East. The account of his journeys is one of the most valuable of the period" - Howgego. In addition to describing the numerous places on his various itineraries, Cartwright also writes of the routes in use, products of note, and the potentials for commerce. The text also includes a brief account of the experiences of Antony Sherley, an English adventurer whose own account of Persia was not published until 1613. A very rare book, one of the earliest English narratives of travelling in the Near East. BELL C95. OCLC 37749438, 4687781. HOWGEGO C58.
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