Purchas his pilgrimage, or, Relations of the vvorld and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present : in foure parts : this first containeth a theologicall and geographical historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the jlands adiacent : declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions, idols, oracles, temples, priests, fasts, feasts, sacrifices, and rites religious : their beginnings, proceedings, alterations, sects, orders, and successions : with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie in the same
