Purchas his pilgrimage, or, Relations of the vvorld and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation into this presentIn foure parts. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and Ameri

Purchas his pilgrimage, or, Relations of the vvorld and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation into this presentIn foure parts. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the Floud, the heathenish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions, idols, oracles, temples, priests, fasts, feasts, sacrifices, and rites religious : their beginnings, proceedings, alterations, sects, orders, and successions : with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature or humane industrie in the same by Sameule Purchas,...