Research Catalog

Title

A short relation of the River Nile [electronic resource] : of its source and current; or Its Overflowing the Campagnia of Egypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean; and of other curiosities. With a new preface. Written by an eye witness, who lived many years in the chief kingdom of the Abyssine empire.

Author

Lobo, Jerónymo, 1596?-1678.

Publication

London : printed for Lackington, Allen, & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1798]

Details

Description

113,[1]p.; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

Itinerario. English. Selections

Alternative Title

Itinerario.

Subject

• Date palm
• Animals, Mythical
• Prester John (Legendary character)
• Nile River
• Red Sea > Description and travel
• Africa > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Note

• Translated by Sir Peter Wyche from the Portuguese manuscript of Jeronymo Lobo's 'Itinerario'.
• The initial leaf is the order to be printed.
• Price from imprint: price stitched 2s. 6d.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642279297
• ECCO1-T111624

Author

Lobo, Jerónymo, 1596?-1678.

Title

A short relation of the River Nile [electronic resource] : of its source and current; or Its Overflowing the Campagnia of Egypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean; and of other curiosities. With a new preface. Written by an eye witness, who lived many years in the chief kingdom of the Abyssine empire.

Imprint

London : printed for Lackington, Allen, & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1798]

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T111624.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.