A Voyage To Abyssinia, and Travels Into the Interior of That Country, Executed Under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and 1810; in Which Are Included, An Account of the Portuguese Settlements On the East Coast of Africa, Visited in the Course of the Voyage; A Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix; and Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending From Mosambique to the Borders of Egypt; Together With Vocabularies of Their Respective Languages
by Salt, Henry
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London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814 OVERSIZED. xi, [5], 506pp, lxxv, printed on watermarked paper stating "J. Whatman 1810", deckled page edges, most pages untrimmed, some detached, binding tight, bound in blind stamped blue cloth, with spine sunned, occasional foxing. Includes 36 [of 37] plates and maps, lacking the Chart of Annesley Bay on pg 453. From the personal collection of Dr. Brooks Ryder (1918-1995), graduate of Harvard College, Harvard School of Public Health, and Tufts Medical School. Known for his Public Health expertise overseas, throughout East Africa and Indonesia.
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- A Voyage To Abyssinia, and Travels Into the Interior of That Country, Executed Under the Orders of the British Government, in the Years 1809 and 1810; in Which Are Included, An Account of the Portuguese Settlements On the East Coast of Africa, Visited in the Course of the Voyage; A Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix; and Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes, Extending From Mosambique to the Borders of Egypt; Together With Vocabularies of Their Respective Languages
- Author
- Salt, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
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- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- Voyage Travels Adventure Abyssinia East Africa Egypt Portuguese Settlements Arabia Felix Aboriginal Tribes Tribal Mosambique Vocabulary Vocabularies Language
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- Archaeology/Anthropolgy/Ethnology; HISTORY;
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