A new history of Ethiopia
Subtitle: being a full and accurate description of the kingdom of Abessinia, vulgarly, though erroneously, called the empire of Prester John : in four books : wherein are containing, I. an account of the nature, quality, and condition of the country, and inhabitants, their mountains, metals, and minerals, their rivers, (particularly, of the source of the Nile and Niger) ... &c. : II. their political government ... &c. : III. their ecclesiastical affairs, their conversion to the Christian religion ... their sacred writings ... &c. : IV. their private economy, their books and learning, their common names, their diet, marriages, and polygamies, their mechanick arts and trades ... &c. : illustrated with copper plates
By: by the learned Job Ludolphus ... ; to which is added, a new and exact map of the country ... with the life of Gregorius Abba, and the author's opinion of some other writers concerning Ethiopia ... ; made English by J.P. Gent
Series: Early English books online; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 988:6
Publisher: Printed for Samuel Smith ...
Published: 1684
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Description and travel; Early works to 1800; History
Work titles: Historia Aethiopica
Notes: Pages 164-165 lacking.

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