Research Catalog

Title

The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia : containing I. The geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire ; the natural and political history ; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Faelix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts / the whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the society of Jesus ; and now first translated into English.

Author

Almeida, Manuel de, 1580-1646.

Publication

London : Printed for J. Knapton, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; A. Bell, in Cornhill; D. Midwinter, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by J. Round, in Exchange-Alley in Cornhill; N. Cliffe, in Cheapside; E. Sanger, at the Posthouse, and A. Collins, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-Street; and J. Baker, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1710.

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Additional Authors

• Stevens, John, -1726.
• Telles, Balthazar, 1596-1675.
• Knapton, James, -1738
• Bell, Andrew, -1720?
• Midwinter, Daniel, active 1698-1725
• Taylor, William, -1723
• Round, James, -1745
• Cliff, Nathaniel
• Sanger, Egbert
• Collins, Arthur, active 1709-1716
• Baker, A. (Bookseller)

Description

[4], 264, [16] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map; 21 cm. (4to)

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Jesuits Missions > Ethiopia
• Ethiopia > Description and travel
• Jesuits
• Jesuits Missions > Arabian Peninsula
• Arabian Peninsula > Description and travel
• Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan)

Note

• Attributed to Balthazar Telles by Backer-Sommervogel and Palau, but written by Manuel de Almeida and given so in statement of responsibility in Coimbra, 1660 edition of this work.
• Translation, by John Stevens, of the first part of the author's: Historia geral de Ethiopia, first printed Coimbra, 1660.
• Issued as first voyage in vol. 2 of: A new collection of voyages and travels, into several parts of the world, none of them ever before printed in English / edited and translated by John Stevens, first printed in serial form, London, December 1708 to January 1710 and here reissued in a London, 1711 collection.
• Also issued separately with identical imprint as that of the work in the collection.
• Originally issued in monthly numbers.
• Signatures: A-2M⁴ 2N².
• Title printed within double rule border.
• Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

• Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus
• English short title catalogue
• European Americana
• Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.)
• Streit, R. Bibliotheca missionum

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 916.3-T (Telles, B. Jesuit travels in Ethiopia)

OCLC

• 6080874
• NYPGR6080874-B

Author

Almeida, Manuel de, 1580-1646.

Title

The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia : containing I. The geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire ; the natural and political history ; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Faelix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts / the whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the society of Jesus ; and now first translated into English.

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Knapton, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; A. Bell, in Cornhill; D. Midwinter, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by J. Round, in Exchange-Alley in Cornhill; N. Cliffe, in Cheapside; E. Sanger, at the Posthouse, and A. Collins, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-Street; and J. Baker, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1710.

Indexed In:

Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, VII: col. 1909

English short title catalogue, T133244

European Americana, 710/3

Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 329463

Streit, R. Bibliotheca missionum, XVII:5539

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 916.3-T (accession no. B571172) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6430. NN

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Added Author

Stevens, John, -1726.

Telles, Balthazar, 1596-1675.

Knapton, James, -1738, bookseller.

Bell, Andrew, -1720?, bookseller.

Midwinter, Daniel, active 1698-1725, bookseller.

Taylor, William, -1723, bookseller.

Round, James, -1745, bookseller.

Cliff, Nathaniel, bookseller.

Sanger, Egbert, bookseller.

Collins, Arthur, active 1709-1716, bookseller.

Baker, A. (Bookseller), bookseller.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 916.3-T (Telles, B. Jesuit travels in Ethiopia)