Pyramids, [274]–277.
Quaranto, mountain of, where Christ fasted forty days, [232];
danger in descending, [233].
Rack, see Pottaro.
Ragusa, republic of, [49];
islands belonging to, [49];
description of, [49], [50];
trade with Genoa, [50].
Ramadan, or Beiram, Turkish lent, [141].
Ravenna, [360].
Red Sea, [264].
Rhama, inhabitants of, [207].
Rhodes, island of, comments upon, [158], [159];
Colossus at, [159];
Knights of Malta and, [159];
conquest of, by Soliman, [160];
chief cities of, [161].
Rhone, river, compared to the Nile, [307].