Front cover image for Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the creation unto this present. : In foure parts. This first containeth a theologicall and geographical historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, and their seueral 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; private and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same

Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the creation unto this present. : In foure parts. This first containeth a theologicall and geographical historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, and their seueral 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; private and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same

Samuel Purchas
Print Book, English, 1614
Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose., London,, 1614