travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia
Subtitle: containing I. The geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that empire; the natural and political history; the manners, customs, and relgion 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.
By: The whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the Society of Jesvs; and now first translated into English..
Contributors: Stevens, John, d. 1726.
Publisher: 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. Collings, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-street; and J. Backer, in Pater-Noster-Row
Published: 1710
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Jesuits -- Ethiopia.; Ethiopia -- Description and travel.; Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel.
Notes: Translated by John Stevens.

Signatures: A-2M⁴ 2N².

Also issued as part of: 'A new collection of voyages and travels', London, 1708-1719, reissued London, 1711; compiled by John Stevens.

Includes index.

Burns Library copy bound in contemporary tooled calf.

c. 1: 99/00 0718R.