A voyage to Abyssinia and travels into the interior of that country : executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810 in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa, visited in the course of the voyage ; a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix ; and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes, extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt ; together with vocabularies of their respective languages /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
F.C. and J. Rivington,
1814.
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| Online Access: | Full text version of complete copy (from Smithsonian Libraries) freely available in Internet Archive |
| Item Description: | Contains List of new and rare plants, collected in Abyssinia during the years 1809 and 1810, arranged according to the Linnaean system [by Robert Brown]. (Appendix IV, pp. lxiii-lxv). This Appendix also contains descriptions of the zoology of Abyssinia, with descriptions of birds by John Latham and notes by Lord Stanley. 37 images listed in "List of plates, maps and charts, with directions to the bookbinder". No. 34 (to face page 453) "The chart of Annesley Bay" is on same plate as no. 12 (to face page 185) "Chart of Howakil Bay". Cushing copy: Rex B. Grey collection. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 506, lxxv pages, 27 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps (some colored), plan, facsimile ; 31 cm |