The Portuguese expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543 / as narrate d by Miguel de Castanhoso; with some contemporary letters, the short ac count of Bermudez, and certain extracts from Correa; translated and edi ted by R.S. Whiteway
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TextSeries: Half-title: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2d series ; no. xPublication details: London : The Hakluyt Society, 1902.Description: cxxxii, 296, [4], 24 p. : ill., front., pl., fold. map (in pocke t) : 23 cmSubject(s): Other classification: - 910.8
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A discourse of the deeds of the very valorous Captain Dom Christovao da Gama in the kingdoms of the Preste JOhn, with the four hundred Port uguese, his companions. Written by Miguel de Castanhoso
1541: p. [3]-104. Translation of the author's Historia das cousasque o muy esforca do capitao dom Christovao da Gama fez nos reynos do Pres te Joao [etc.]. First published at Lisbon in 1564
Letters of and to the king of Abyssinia p. [105]-121. Letters from Lebna Dengal, king of Abyssinia, to the king of Portugal and to the gov ernor of Idia ; and from Joao III, king of Portugal, to thye king of Ab yssinia, to Joao de Castro, and to the Portuguese in Abyssinia.
This is a short account of the embassy which the the patriarchs d. J oao Bermudes brought from the emperor of Ethiopia, vulgarly called Pres te John, to the most Christian king of Portugal, d. Joao, the third of that name. In which, too, is related the death of d. panions: p. [125] -257. Translation of the author's Esta he hua breue replacao da embaixa da q o patriarcha do Joao Bermudez trouxe do emperado da Ethiopia [etc. ] Lisbon 1565.
Extracts from Corra , vol. IV, translated from his Lendas da India : [259]-281.
Includes bibliography of Abyssinia compiled by B.H. Soulsby
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