The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: containing I. The geographical description of all kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire; the natural and political history; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Felix, 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. The whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the society of Jesus; and now first translated into English

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  • The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: containing I. The geographical description of all kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire; the natural and political history; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Felix, 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. The whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the society of Jesus; and now first translated into English
  • Hist'oria geral de Ethi'opia-a-Alta. Abridgments. English.
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Imprint
London: 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. Collins, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-street; and J. Baker, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1710.
Added name
Telles, Balthazar, 1596-1675.; Knapton, James, -1738, bookseller.; Bell, Andrew, -1720?, bookseller.; Midwinter, Daniel, active 1698-1725, bookseller.; Taylor, William, -1723, bookseller.; Round, James, -1745, bookseller.; Cliff, Nathaniel, bookseller.; Sanger, Egbert, bookseller.; Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760, bookseller.; Baker, John, active 1680-1717, bookseller.
Publication year
1710
ESTC No.
T133244
Grub Street ID
182090
Description
[4], 264, [16] p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 4°.
Note
Translation of selections from 'Hist'oria geral de Ethi'opia-a-Alta' by Manuel de Almeida Cf. British Library Catalogue and Heritage of the Printed Book database. Title page to the 1660 edition reads 'Historia geral de Ethiopia a Alta, ou Preste Joam, e do que nella obraram os Padres da Companhia de Jesus: composta na mesma Ethiopia, pelo Padre Manoel d'Almeyda ... Abreviada com nova releycam, e methodo, pelo Padre Balthezar Tellez.' Attributed to Balthazar Telles by Backer-Sommervogel and Palau y Dulcet

Also issued as part of vol.2 of: 'A new collection of voyages and travels', London, 1708-10 (ESTC T231338); reissued London, 1711; compiled by John Stevens

With eight final contents and index leaves

Signatures: A-2M]4] 2N]2.
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