A voyage to Abyssinia : by Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit. Containing, A Narrative of the Dangers he underwent in his first Attempt to pass from the Indies into Abyssinia; with a Description of the Coasts of the Red-Sea. An Account of the History, Laws, Customs, Religion, Habits, and Buildings of the Abyssins; with the Rivers, Air, Soil, Birds, Beasts, Fruits and other natural Productions of that remote and unfrequented Country. A Relation of the Admission of the Jesuits into Abyssinia in 1625, and their Expulsion from thence in 1634. An exact Description of the Nile, its Head, its Branches, the Course of its Waters, and the Cause of its Inundations. With a continuation of the history of Abyssinia down to the beginning of the eighteenth century, and fifteen dissertations on various subjects, relating to the history, antiquities, government, religion, manners, and natural history of Abyssinia, and other countries mention'd by Father Jerome Lobo /
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated by Dr. Samuel Johnson from Le Grand's French translation of Itinerário. Cf. Fumagali, Bibliografia etopica, page 14. |
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London :
Printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch at the Red-Lyon in Paternoster-Row,
MDCCXXXV [1735]
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Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)
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DT376 L77 1735 |
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| DT376 L77 1735 | Available | |