Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country - With an Account of a Mission to Ras Ali in 1848

Klappentext Exceptionally detailed observations of all levels of Abyssinian society written by the first British consul in Abyssinia! published in 1868. Zusammenfassung Eight years after his death, the memoirs of Walter Chichele Plowden (1820–60) were published in Britain. As the first British consul appointed to Abyssinia, Plowden was in a unique position to record contemporary local history, and this book contains his richly detailed accounts of all levels of Abyssinian society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The north and west frontier of Abyssinia; 2. Abyssinia proper; 3. The military class; 4. Military class continued; 5. Religion in Abyssinia; 6. Medicine-men; 7. Merchants; 8. Hot springs of Goramba; 9. Country of the Wallo Gallas; 10. Visit to Dejaj Bourroo Goscho in Gojam; 11. A social party; 12. Plundering; 13. Lake Tsana; 14. Visit to the Gallo Country; 15. Attack by Gallas of Jimna; 16. Voyage from Massowah to Suez; 17. Voyage to Suez continued; 18. Mission to Ras Ali; 19. Mission to Ras Ali continued; 20. Mission to Ras Ali continued; 21. Mission to Ras Ali concluded; 22. Excursion to the Valley of the Wobas; 23. Abyssinia in 1848; 24. Political relations with Abyssinia; Glossary.

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• Authors: Walter Chichele Plowden, Plowden Walter Chichele
• Assisted by: Trevor Chichele Plowden (Editor), Plowden Trevor Chichele (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108031455
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03145-5
• No. of pages: 516
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Africa / East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, African History, Ethiopia, Classic Travel Writing, TRAVEL / Africa / East / General