Nathaniel Pearce

The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce

Volume 1: Written by Himself, During a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810 1819; Together with MR
Herausgeber: Halls, John James

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1831 two-volume autobiographical account is particularly interesting for its detailed information about the land and people of Ethiopia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781108074605
• ISBN-10: 110807460X
• Artikelnr.: 40872249

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Live of Nathaniel Pearce
1. Ras Welled Selassé
2. Destruction of the town of Bolento
3. The Ras marches against a Galla chief
4. Death of the deposed king Itsa Ischias
5. Pearce is obliged by ill health to leave the Ras
6. Mr Coffin's journal of the expedition to Gondar
7. Mr Coffin's narrative concluded
8. Pearce's journal resumed
9. Character, manners, and customs, of the Abyssinians
10. Arts practised to procure husbands.