Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Volume 1Constable, 1820 - 517 pages |
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... Comanians till a recent period , when they fled before the Tar- tars ; and being crowded into a narrow and bar- ren district , suffered such extreme famine , that " they which were alive were constrayned to " eate up those which were ...
... Comanians till a recent period , when they fled before the Tar- tars ; and being crowded into a narrow and bar- ren district , suffered such extreme famine , that " they which were alive were constrayned to " eate up those which were ...
Page 116
... Comanians , having , on his right hand , the sea ( of Asof ) , and on his left a desert of twenty days ' journey . Beyond lay Russia , which is described as " full of wood in " all places ; " and " it hath been wasted all over 66 by the ...
... Comanians , having , on his right hand , the sea ( of Asof ) , and on his left a desert of twenty days ' journey . Beyond lay Russia , which is described as " full of wood in " all places ; " and " it hath been wasted all over 66 by the ...
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