THE

WORLD displayed;

OR, A

CURIOUS COLLECTION

OF

VOYAGES and TRAVELS,

Selected from

The WRITERS of all NATIONS.
In which the

CONJECTURES and INTERPOLATIONS

O F

Several vain Editors and Tranflators are
expunged,

Every Relation is made concife and plain,

AND

The DIVISIONS of Countries and Kingdoms are
clearly and diftinctly noted.

Illuftrated and Embellished

With Variety of MAPS and PRINTS
By the best HANDS.

VOL. XIV.

LONDON:

Printed for J. NEWBERY, at the Bible and Sun,
in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. HOEY, jun.
in Skinner-Row, Dublin, MDCCLX.

4-1912

BRE

THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTEENTH VOLUME.

The HOLSTEIN AMBASSADORS TRAVELS into
Moscovy, TARTARY, and PERSIA.

CHAP. VI. A Defcription of the Province of
Schirwan, and the Village of Niafabath. They
fet out for Scamachie; arrive at the Village of
Pyrmaraas, and vifit the Tombs of two Perfian
Saints. They make their Public Entry into
Scamachie, where they are entertained by the
Governor. An Account of the Ceremonies used
by the Armenians at the Baptifm of the Cross,
and at a Feftival obferved by the Perfians in
memory of the Prophet Hali; with a Defcrip-
tion of the City of Scamachie, and the adja-
cent Country.

P. I

CHAP.

CHAP. VII. They leave Scamachie and proceed

to Ardebil. Their entrance into that City.

The manner in which are celebrated the Fefti-

vals of Kurban and Ashur; the latter of which

is particularly defcribed. A Defcription of Ar-

debil, and of feveral rich Sepulchres near that

City, particularly that of Shah Sefi.
P. 25

CHAP. VIII. They leave Ardebil, and travel

to Sulthania. That City, with its Mofques de-

fcribed. They thence proceed to Cafwin, and

from thence to Kom and Katfchan, with a

Defcription of thofe Cities, and of the Scorpions

and Spiders of Katschan; and continuing their

Travels, they approach the City of Ifpahan.

P. 42

CHAP. IX. The Ambasadors enter Ifpahan, and

are entertained out of the King's Kitchen. A

Quarrel between the Ambaffador's Servants and

thofe of the Ambafador from the Great Mogul.

Their firft Audience of the Sophi, with the Man-

ner in which they were entertained. They are

invited by fome Auguftine Monks to the Festival

of St. Auguftine. Are entertained by the Go-

vernor of Armenia, and afterwards by the

English. A D fcription of the Marriage of

an Armenian, with the Manner of their re-

ceiving the Eucharift, and the Baptifm of an

Infant. A Swifs bravely fuffers Death rather

than forfake the reformed Religion. A curious

Account of a bunting Match to which the Am-

baffadors were invited by the Sophi, and which

lafted

lafted feveral Days. The Manner in which the

Sophi's Women Travel. The Ambassadors are

entertained by the Lord Chancellor, after which

they receive a Prefent from the Sophi, of whom

they take their Leave in order to return to Ger-

many.
P. 55

CHAP. X. The Situation of Ifpahan, its Gar-

dens, Summer Houses, and public Buildings.

P. 64

CHAP. XI. They leave Ifpahan, and are re-

fufed Admiffion into feveral Villages. A De-

fcription of the Pafs of Pylas at the Entrance

of Ghilan, and a View of that fine Province.

They arrive at Scamachie, with an Account

of the Ceremonies with which the Khan received

from the Sophi a rich Habit, as a mark of the

continuance of his Favour. A Defcription of

Derbent: Of the Ruins of a Wall 50 Miles in

length, and the great number of Tombs near that

City.
P. 92

CHAP. XII. They leave Derbent without a

Convoy. A Defcription of the Daghestan Tar-

tars, who are affronted by the Ambassador Brug-

man. The Vexations they meet with at Tarku

the Capital, and the dreadful Apprehenfions they

are under of being attacked by thofe, and other

Tartarian Nations. They at length arrive at

the Town of Andre, where they are kindly enter-

tained. They leave that City and enter Cir-

cafia, where they fee many Serpents and a pe-