Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/bcdh/item/560
Resource class
	bibo:Book
Title
	A short relation of the river Nile: of its sourse and current : of its overflowing the campagnia of Ægypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean : and of other curiosities
Creator
	Jerónimo Lobo
Subject
	17th century
	Africa
	Africa, East
	Date palm
	Description and travel
	Early works to 1800
	Egypt
	Mediterranean
	Nile River
	Prester John (Legendary character)
	Red Sea
	Unicorns
Description
	Translated from Lobo's Itinerário by Sir Peter Wyche.
Order-to-print on verso of leaf pi1: Novemb. 1668. At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of London for improving natural knowledg. Ordered ... Brounker Pres.
Signatures: [pi]² a⁸ (a3 and a4 signed A3 and A4 respectively) B-G⁸ (G3 missigned D3)
Headpieces.
Last leaf blank.
Includes bibliographical references in margins.
Publisher
	London
	Printed for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society and are to be sold at the sign of the Bell without Temple Bar
Contributor
	John Cook (former owner)
Date
	1669
Language
	English
Rights
	Public Domain
	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Public Domain
Spatial Coverage
	Nile River
Provenance
	John J. Burns Library at Boston College
Translator
	Peter Wyche
Number of pages
	[8], 105, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Short title
	A Short Relation of the River Nile

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