A Voyage to Abyssinia: A Voyage to Abyssinia Volume 15 (Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, Band 15) - Hardcover

A Voyage to Abyssinia: A Voyage to Abyssinia (Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, Band 15)

, Hardcover/Pappeinband. Zustand: Sehr gut. 350 Seiten Fresh and clean hardcover copy in good condition. Frisch erhaltenes, sauberes Hardcover-Exemplar in gutem Zustand. Contents . List of Illustrations . Short Titles . Introduction . A Voyage to Abyssinia . Dedication . The Preface . The Contents.* . A Voyage to Abyssinia. . Chapter I. The author arrives after some difficulties at Goa. Is chosen for the mission of ethiopia. The fate of those Jesuits who went by Zeila. The author arrives at the coast of Melinda. Chapter II. The author lands: the difficulty of his journey. An account of the Galles, and of the author's reception at the king's tent; their manner of swearing, and of letting blood. The author returns to the Indies, and finds the Patriarch of ethiopia. Chapter III. The author embarks with the Patriarch, narrowly escapes shipwreck near the isle of Socotora: enters the Arabian Gulf, and the Red-Sea. Some account of the coast of the Red-Sea. Chapter IV. The author's conjecture on the name of the Red-Sea. An account of the coco-tree. He lands at Baylur. Chapter V. An account of Dancali. The conduct of Chec Furt. The author wounded, they arrive at the court of the King of Dancali; a description of his pavilion, and the reception they met with. Chapter VI. The King refuses their present. The author's boldness. The present is afterwards accepted. The people are forbidden to sell them provisions. The author remonstrates against the usage. The King redresses it. Chapter VII. They obtain leave with some difficulty, to depart from Dancali. The difficulties of their march. A broil with the Moors. They arrive at the plain of salt. Chapter VIII. They lose their way, are in continual apprehensions of the Galles. They come to Duan, and settle in Abyssinia. A Description of Abyssinia. Chapter I. The history of Abyssinia. An account of the Queen of Sheba, and of Queen Candace. The conversion of the Abyssins. Chapter II. The animals of Abyssinia, the elephant, unicorn, their horses and cows, with a particular account of the moroc. Chapter III. The manner of eating in Abyssinia, their dress, their hospitality, and traffick. Chapter IV. An account of the religion of the Abyssins. Chapter V. The adventures of the Portuguese, and the actions of Don Christopher de Gama in Aethiopia. Chapter VI. Mahomet continues the war and is kill'd. The stratagem of Peter Leon. Chapter VII. They discover the reliques. Their apprehension of the Galles. The author converts a criminal, and procures his pardon. Chapter VIII. The Viceroy is offended by his wife. He complains to the Emperor but without redress. He meditates a revolt, raises an army, and makes an attempt to seize upon the author. Chapter IX. The Viceroy is defeated and hanged. The author narrowly escapes being poison'd. Chapter X. A description of the Nile. Chapter XI. The author discovers a passage over the Nile. Is sent into the province of Ligonous, which he gives a description of. His success in his mission. The stratagem of the monks to encourage the soldiers. The author narrowly escapes being burned. Chapter XII. The author is sent into Tigre, is in danger of being poison'd by the breath of a serpent; is stung by a serpent. Is almost kill'd by eating anchoy. The people conspire against the missionaries, and distress them. Chapter XIII. The author relieves the Patriarch and missionaries, and supports them. He escapes several snares laid for him by the Viceroy of Tigre. They put themselves under the protection of the Prince of Bar. Chapter XIV. They are betray'd into the hands of the Turks. Are detain'd a while at Mazua: are threatned by the Bassa of Suaquem: they agree for their ransom, and are part of them dismissed. Chapter XV. Their treatment on board the vessel. Their reception at Diou. The author applies to the Viceroy for assistance, but without success; he is sent to solicite in Europe. The Sequel of the Account of Abyssinia - Chapter I. The calamities that befell the missionaries in Aethiopia. A counterfeit bishop is detecte. Artikel-Nr. 1273336

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