1st Edition

Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 Being Extracts from The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla

Edited By C.F. Beckingham, G.W.B. Huntingford Copyright 2010
    366 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    The selections from Almeida, translated and edited, describe the country and its people and the journeys of Jesuit missionaries attempting to enter or leave Ethiopia. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1954.

    PREFACE, ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INTRODUCTION, THE ETHNOLOGY AND HISTORY OF SOUTH-WEST ETHIOPIA, ALMEIDA'S REMARKS ON HIS MAP OF ETHIOPIA, ETHIOPIA AND ITS PEOPLE. From The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia, by MANOEL DE ALMEIDA, Books I-III, Extract from BOOK III , Chapter 2, describing the Church at Martula Maryam, HISTORY OF THE GALLA, THE GALLA. From Almeida’s History, Book IV, TRAVELS OF THE JESUIT FATHERS. From Almeida’s History, Books VII-VIII, APPENDICES, INDEX

    Biography

    G.W.B. Huntingford