Account of a pilgrimage to Mecca ordered by the Ottoman court to invoke divine assistance against the Christian forces in the Austro-Turkish War of... Show moreAccount of a pilgrimage to Mecca ordered by the Ottoman court to invoke divine assistance against the Christian forces in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18. In fact, the practical value of this pilgrimage turned out to be limited: in August that same year, Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the Turks at Petrovaradin; in 1717 he recaptured Belgrade, defeating the Turkish forces with an overwhelmingly outnumbered army; in 1718 the Treaty of Passarowitz was signed, in which the Ottomans had to surrender large areas to Habsburg Empire, which now reached its greatest territorial expanse in history. - Translated into Portuguese and published by José Freire de Monterroyo Mascarenhas (1670-1760), the polyglot editor of numerous travel accounts and topical pamphlets. Rare; OCLC lists only two copies in America (Yale, Toronto). Final leaf loose. Anonymous. By J. F. de M. Mascarenhas. Cf. Fonseca, M.A. da. Subsidios para um diccionario de pseudonymes. Main Heritage Compact General D231 .M37 1716 Book Item-ID: i16873476 BIB-ID: 1510763 Show less
Fernando , 1816-1885, Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad , 1831-1894, Description and travel, DT309 .C65 1882
por José Daniel Colaço. Main Heritage Shelves General DT309 .C65 1882 Book Item-ID: i10238621 BIB-ID: 1025498 Show morepor José Daniel Colaço. Main Heritage Shelves General DT309 .C65 1882 Book Item-ID: i10238621 BIB-ID: 1025498 Show less
