A Description Of Moscovy Containing I. Its ancient and modern State, Situation, Extent, Latitude, Division into Provinces, Rivers, Soil, Sterility and Fertility, with the Commodities, and Observations on the Extremities of Weather, Heat and Cold. II. The Cities and Towns, Fortification, and Manner of Building; the first Discovery made by the English; Populousness of the Country, Wild Beasts, and Disposition of the Natives. III. Their Religion, Marriages, Obedience of the Women to their Husbands, Divorce, Burials, and other Ceremonies; their Diet, Liquors, Stoves, Hot-houses, Habits, &c. IV. The Government of the Provinces and Shires, their Courts of Justice, Parliaments, &c. V. Their Military Affairs, Degrees and Order in it, Arms, Discipline, with other Matters. VI. Strange Fish, Beasts, Fowl, and other Rarities of Moscovy. VII. The Succession of the Royal House of Moscovy to the Year 1698, being an historical Account of all the material Transactions happening for 1600 Years; the Manner of the Czar's Coronation, Arms of Moscovy, and Degrees of the Nobility, &c. ; The whole containing all that is necessary to be known concerning that Vast Empire.

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Veröffentlicht in:	A Collection Of Voyages And Travels, Some now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English. ; Vol. VII.: [Voyages and Travels, Published from the Earl of Oxford's Library. Vol. I.]
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	1752
Schlagworte:	Reise
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