cover image: The Portuguese expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543

The Portuguese expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543

1902

"Letters of and to the king of Abyssinia": p. [105]-121. Letters from Lebna Dengal, king of Abyssinia, to Joāo Bermudez; from Galâwdêwos, king of Abyssinia, to the king of Portugal and to the governor of India; and from Joāo III, king of Portugal, to the king of Abyssinia, to Joāo de Castro, and to the Portuguese in Abyssinia. This is a short account of the embassy which the patriarch d. Joāo Bermudez brought from the emperor of Ethiopia, vulgarly called Preste John, to the most Christian ... king of Portugal, d. Joāo, the third of that name ... In which, too, is related the death of d. Christovāo da Gama and the fortunes of the Portuguese, his companions": p. [125]-257. Translation of the author's "Esta he hūa breue relac̦āo da embaixada q̄ o patriarcha dō Joāo Bermudez trouxe do emperado da Ethiopia [etc.]" Lisbon, 1565. "Extracts from Correa, vol. 4", translated from his "Lenas da India" : p. [259]-181. "A discourse of the deeds of the very valorous Captain Dom Christovāo da Gama in the kingdoms of the Preste John, with the four hundred Portuguese, his companions. Written by Miguel de Castanboso ... 1541": p. [3]-104. Translation of the author's "Historia das cousas que o muy esforca do capitāo dom Christovāo da Gama fez nos reynos do Preste Joāo [etc.]" first published at Lisbon in 1564. "Bibliography of Abyssinia, " compiled by B. H. Soulsby: p. [civ]-cxxxii.
ethiopia--history gama, cristóvão da, 1516?-1542 prester john (legendary character) portugal--history--john iii, 1521-1557

Authors

Castanhoso, Miguel de, d. 1565?

Contributor
Corrêa, Gaspar, 16th cent Bermudez, João, d. 1570 John III, King of Portugal, 1502-1557 Claudius, Negus of Ethiopia, 1523?-1559 David II., negus of Ethiopia, 1500 (ca)-1540 Soulsby, Basil Harrington, 1864-1933 Whiteway, Richard Stephen, ed Hakluyt Society
Dates
John III, 1521-1557
Format
Language material Electronic resource
Pages
cxxxii, 296, [4], 24 p. : 23 cm.
Place Discussed
Portugal Ethiopia
Provider
HathiTrust
Published in
Ethiopia
Reference
sdr-pst.a1211445; (OCoLC)29082913; LIAS1066018; Hathi: 002812027
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f33d207e24762eb15b1cd7c2b4f5783e