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WORKS ISSUED BY
THE BONDAGE AND TRAVELS OF
JOHANN SCHILTBERGER.
No. LVIII.
THE
BONDAGE AND TRAVELS
OF
JOHANN SCHILTBERGER,
A NATIVE OF BAVARIA,
IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA,
1396–1427.
TRANSLATED FROM THE
HEIDELBERG MS. EDITED IN 1859 BY PROFESSOR KARL FRIEDRICH NEUMANN,
BY
Commander J. BUCHAN TELFER, R.N.,
F.S.A., F.R.G.S.
With Notes by
PROFESSOR P. BRUUN,
OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH RUSSIA, AT ODESSA;
AND A PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, AND NOTES BY THE
TRANSLATOR AND EDITOR.
Ne respice ad eum qui dixit, sed respice ad id quod dixit.—Scaliger, Proverb. Arab.
WITH A MAP.
LONDON:
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MDCCCLXXIX.
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IOANNES BVCHAN TELFER.
COUNCIL
OF
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
Colonel H. YULE, C.B., President.
Admiral C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, C.B., Vice-President.
Major-General Sir HENRY RAWLINSON, K.C.B., Vice-President.
W. A. TYSSEN AMHERST, Esq.
Rev. Dr. G. P. BADGER, D.C.L., F.R.G.S.
J. BARROW, Esq., F.R.S.
WALTER DE GREY BIRCH, Esq.
E. A. BOND, Esq.
E. H. BUNBURY, Esq.
Admiral Sir RICHARD COLLINSON, K.C.B.
The Earl of DUCIE.
AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS, Esq., F.R.S.
Lieut.-General Sir J. HENRY LEFROY, C.B., K.C.M.G.
R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.S.A.
Colonel Sir WM. L. MEREWETHER, C.B., K.C.S.I.
Admiral Sir ERASMUS OMMANNEY, C.B., F.R.S.
Lord ARTHUR RUSSELL, M.P.
The Lord STANLEY of Alderley.
EDWARD THOMAS, Esq., F.R.S.
Major-General Sir HENRY THUILLIER, C.S.I., F.R.S.
CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., Sec. R.G.S.,Honorary Secretary.
PREFACE.
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