Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3 - containing a collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries as they have been delivered in to the Royal Society

There is now Engraving, and will speedily be Publish'd, A New Pair of Globes, sixteen Inches Diameter; the Terrestrial has on it all the New Discoveries that have been lately made, together with an useful View of the General and Coasting Trade-Winds, Moonsoons, &c. The Clestial has the Stars laid down from the Correctest Tables of the best Astronomers of our Age, with eighteen Constellations never Engraven upon any Globe. All those Gentlemen that are willing to Furnish themselves with them, are desired speedily to inform the Undertakers J. Senex and C. Price, next the Fleece-Tavern in Cornhill; They intending to fit up no more than what are Subscrib'd for. On Monday Evening August 3, 1668. we took Barge at Tower-Wharf, and at Greenwich went on Board the Bezant Yacht for the Downs, where we arrived the next day in the Afternoon, and went on Board the Leopard Frigat, a Ship of 56 Guns mounted, Captain O Bryen Commander, appointed to carry Sir Daniel Harvey, his Majesty's Ambassador to the Port of the Ottoman Emperor at Constantinople. Here, upon his first Arrival, the Ambassador was Complemented by Sir Jeremy Smith, then riding Admiral, Sir Edward Spragg, and several other Commanders of the Men of War,[Pg 2] and afterwards Saluted with Fifteen Pieces of Ordinance by the Admiral, to whom we returned as many; then by the Vice-Admiral, and several other Ships. All which were answered together at the same time with 21 in the whole. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 50229
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Release Date: Oct 16, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English