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
por Luis Marinho d'Azevedo ... First and only edition of this defence of Fernão de Albuquerque, a crucial source for the 1622 siege and capture of... Show morepor Luis Marinho d'Azevedo ... First and only edition of this defence of Fernão de Albuquerque, a crucial source for the 1622 siege and capture of Hormuz by an Anglo-Persian force. The defeat of Rui Freire de Andrade effectively ended Portuguese power in the Arabian Gulf. This book is a most valuable source for the siege of Ormuz and operations in the Arabian Gulf in 1619-23 and contains extracts from contemporary documents relating to this campaign. - Several contemporary underlinings. Some browning; remarginings to title page, p. 3 of preliminary matter, Bb4 (defects to text); some of the loss has been supplied in blue ink (showing unattractive bleeding). Main Heritage Shelves General DS326 .A94 1641 Book Item-ID: i16598684 BIB-ID: 1494587 Show less
Hitopadeśa, Spanish language--Foreign words and phrases--Arabic, Portuguese language--Foreign words and phrases--Arabic, Hexameter, PC4811.S6 W47 1810
by Stephen Weston. With a half-title and a list of errata. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General PC4811.S6 W47 1810 Book Item-ID: i10169702 BIB-ID... Show moreby Stephen Weston. With a half-title and a list of errata. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General PC4811.S6 W47 1810 Book Item-ID: i10169702 BIB-ID: 1018606 Show less
