Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Volume 1 - Written By Himself, During a Residence in Abyssinia From Years 1810

This 1831 two-volume autobiographical account is particularly interesting for its detailed information about the land and people of Ethiopia.

List of contents

Dedication; Live of Nathaniel Pearce; 1. Ras Welled Selassé; 2. Destruction of the town of Bolento; 3. The Ras marches against a Galla chief; 4. Death of the deposed king Itsa Ischias; 5. Pearce is obliged by ill health to leave the Ras; 6. Mr Coffin's journal of the expedition to Gondar; 7. Mr Coffin's narrative concluded; 8. Pearce's journal resumed; 9. Character, manners, and customs, of the Abyssinians; 10. Arts practised to procure husbands.

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Pearce
• Assisted by: John James Halls (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2014
• EAN: 9781108074605
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07460-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore