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9/11The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: : containing I. The geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire ; the natural and political history ; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Faelix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts.
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The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: : containing I. The geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire ; the natural and political history ; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Faelix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts.
- Publication date
- 1710
- Topics
- Jesuits -- Missions -- Ethiopia, Jesuits -- Missions -- Arabian Peninsula, Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan), Ethiopia -- Description and travel, Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel, Cartagena (Colombia) -- Description and travel, Imprint 1710
- Publisher
- London : Printed for J. Knapton, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; A. Bell, in Cornhill; D. Midwinter, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by J. Round, in Exchange-Alley in Cornhill; N. Cliffe, in Cheapside; E. Sanger, at the Posthouse, and A. Collins, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-Street; and J. Baker, in Pater-Noster-Row
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- JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana
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- John Carter Brown Library
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- eg
- Item Size
- 735.2M
[4], 264, [16] p., [1] leaf of plates : 25 cm. (4to)
Attributed to Balthazar Telles by Backer-Sommervogel and Palau, but written by Manuel de Almeida and given so in statement of responsibility in Coimbra, 1660 edition of this work
Translation, by John Stevens, of the first part of the author's: Historia geral de Ethiopia, first printed Coimbra, 1660
Issued as first voyage in vol. 2 of: A new collection of voyages and travels, into several parts of the world, none of them ever before printed in English / edited and translated by John Stevens, first printed in serial form, London, December 1708 to January 1710 and here reissued in a London, 1711 collection
Also issued separately with identical imprint as that of the work in the collection
Includes a mention of "Cartagena in America" on p. 257
Signatures: A-2M⁴ (A1 verso blank) 2N²
Includes index
Title printed within double rule border
Attributed to Balthazar Telles by Backer-Sommervogel and Palau, but written by Manuel de Almeida and given so in statement of responsibility in Coimbra, 1660 edition of this work
Translation, by John Stevens, of the first part of the author's: Historia geral de Ethiopia, first printed Coimbra, 1660
Issued as first voyage in vol. 2 of: A new collection of voyages and travels, into several parts of the world, none of them ever before printed in English / edited and translated by John Stevens, first printed in serial form, London, December 1708 to January 1710 and here reissued in a London, 1711 collection
Also issued separately with identical imprint as that of the work in the collection
Includes a mention of "Cartagena in America" on p. 257
Signatures: A-2M⁴ (A1 verso blank) 2N²
Includes index
Title printed within double rule border
- Accession
- 29834d
- Addeddate
- 2021-03-30 06:37:04
- Associated-names
- Stevens, John, -1726; Telles, Balthazar, 1596-1675; Poley, Edmund, 1655-1714
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- References
- Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 329463; Streit, R. Bib. missionum, XVII:5539; Backer-Sommervogel (1963 reprint) VII: col. 1909; European Americana 710/3; English short title catalogue T133244
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