John Stevens

English captain, Hispanist and translator

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7 works

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The history of Persia. Containing, the lives and memorable action of its kings from the first erecting of that monarchy to this time. An exact description of all its dominions; a curious account of India, China, Tartary, Kermon, Arabia, Nixabur, and the islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all cities occasionally mention'd, as Schiras, Samarkand, Bokara, &c. Manners and customs of those people, Persian worshippers of fire; plants, beasts, product, and trade. with many ... digressions ... as ... practice of physick; famous physicians ... etc. To which is added, an abridgment of the lives of the kings of Harmuz, or Ormuz. The Persian history / written in Arabick, by Mirkoud, a famous Eastern author; that of Ormuz, by Torunxa, King of that island, both of them translated into Spanish, by Antony [i.e. Pedro] Teixeira, who liv'd several years in Persia and India; and now render'd into English. By Captain John Stevens.
Teixeira, Pedro, approximately 1570-Date: 1715
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The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical history of England / [translated by J. Stevens] Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With illustrative notes, a map of Anglo-Saxon England and a general index. Edited by J.A. Giles.
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.Date: 1847
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Monasticon anglicanum, or, The history of the ancient abbies, and other monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches, in England and Wales : with divers French, Irish, and Scotch monasteries formerly relating to England / collected, and published in Latin, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight ..., in three volums; and now epitomized in English, page by page; with sculptures of the several religious habits.
Dugdale, William, 1605-1686Date: 1693
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Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the history of the ancient abbies, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales. Also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French monasteries as in any manner relate to those in England ... Illustrated with the original cuts of the cathedral and collegiate churches, and habits of the religious and military orders / First publish'd in Latin by Sir William Dugdale ... To which are now added, exact catalogues of the bishops of the several dioceses, to the year 1717. The whole corrected, and supplied with many useful additions, by an eminent hand.
Dugdale, William, 1605-1686.Date: 1718
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The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Phillipine Islands. Containing their history ... description ... habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives ... / Written in Spanish by Batholomew Lonardo De Agrensola ... Now translated into English [by J. Stevens] : illustrated with a map and several cuts.
Leonardo de Argensola, Bartolomé, 1562-1631.Date: [1708]