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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 2 (of 5)
James Bruce
733 pages~14 hr 36 min read38 chapters$4.99
Bruce plunges into the history and court of Ethiopia in this second volume, tracing its long line of kings alongside his own adventures. His account preserves African chronicles few Europeans had ever seen. Learned and sprawling. Delve into old Abyssinia on the long road to the Nile's source, king by king.
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- 1TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. IN FIVE VOLUMES. BY JAMES BRUCE OF KINNAIRD, ESQ. F.R.S. VOL. II. Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illachrymabiles Urgentur ignotique longâ Nocte, carent quia vate sacro. Horat. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY J. RUTHVEN, FOR G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON. M.DCC.XC.
- 2CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
- 3ICON AMLAC. From 1268 to 1283.
- 4IGBA SION. From 1283 to 1312.
- 5AMDA SION. From 1312 to 1342.
- 6SAIF ARAAD. From 1342 to 1370.
- 7WEDEM ASFERI. From 1370 to 1380.
- 8DAVID II. From 1380 to 1409.
- 9THEODORUS. From 1409 to 1412.
- 10ISAAC. From 1412 to 1429.
- 11ZARA JACOB. From 1434 to 1468.
- 12BÆDA MARIAM. From 1468 to 1478.
- 13ISCANDER, or ALEXANDER. From 1478 to 1495.
- 14NAOD. From 1495 to 1508.
- 15DAVID III. From 1508 to 1540.
- 16CLAUDIUS, or ATZENAF SEGUED. From 1540 to 1559.
- 17MENAS, or ADAMAS SEGUED. From 1559 to 1563.
- 18SERTZA DENGHEL, or MELEC SEGUED. From 1563 to 1595.
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