MENDES PINTO, Fernando. The Voyages and Adventures of ... during his Travels for the space of one and twenty years in the Kingdoms of Ethiopia, China, Tartaria, Cauchinchina, Calaminham, Siam, Pegu, Japan, and a great part of the East Indies ... done into English by H.C., London: by J. Macock for Henry Herringman, 1663, 2°, third issue (rust hole in Gg4 not affecting text, mainly marginal browning and spotting, a few stains and heavier spot marks), contemporary calf (rebacked, worn). [Wing M1706A]

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MENDES PINTO, Fernando. The Voyages and Adventures of ... during his Travels for the space of one and twenty years in the Kingdoms of Ethiopia, China, Tartaria, Cauchinchina, Calaminham, Siam, Pegu, Japan, and a great part of the East Indies ... done into English by H.C., London: by J. Macock for Henry Herringman, 1663, 2°, third issue (rust hole in Gg4 not affecting text, mainly marginal browning and spotting, a few stains and heavier spot marks), contemporary calf (rebacked, worn). [Wing M1706A]

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"Pinto's account of his travels in China and elsewhere is highly coloured and partly fictional" (Lust).

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