The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, Baker

Автор: Plowden
Название: Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country
ISBN: 1108031455 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031455
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Eight years after his death, the memoirs of Walter Chichele Plowden (1820-60) were published in Britain. As the first British consul appointed to Abyssinia, Plowden was in a unique position to record contemporary local history, and this book contains his richly detailed accounts of all levels of Abyssinian society.

Автор: Alvarez
Название: Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia During the Years 1520–1527
ISBN: 110801156X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108011563
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume contains the earliest surviving Western description of Ethiopia, written by the Portuguese missionary Francisco Alvarez (c.1465-c.1540) and first published in English in 1881.

Автор: Petherick
Название: Travels in Central Africa, and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries
ISBN: 1108031986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031981
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: First published in 1869, this two-volume jointly authored work gives an account of a mission for the National Geographical Society undertaken by John Petherick (1813-82) and his wife Katherine (1827-77). Volume 1 focuses on the first part of the Pethericks` journey to Gondokoro in the Sudan.

Автор: Petherick
Название: Travels in Central Africa, and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries
ISBN: 1108031994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108031998
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Published in 1869, this joint travel diary gives an account of Petherick`s (1813-82) journey to Gondokoro, Sudan, on a mission for the National Geographical Society. Volume 2 contains letters and official documents that clarify the controversy in which Petherick was falsely accused of taking part in the slave trade.