Medienkombination, Englisch, 728 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 930 g
Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810-1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar
Medienkombination, Englisch, 728 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 930 g
ISBN: 978-1-108-07459-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Nathaniel Pearce (1779–1820) was, according to J. J. Halls, who edited and published his autobiographical writings in two volumes in 1831, 'one of those remarkable and adventurous beings, whom Nature, in her sportive humour, seems to take delight in creating'. Having run away to sea twice, deserted from the navy, accidentally killed a man, and briefly converted to Islam, he came into his own as a reliable guide and factotum to British travellers in Egypt. He accompanied Henry Salt on his mission to Abyssinia in 1805 (Salt's own account is also reissued in this series), where he married a local girl and served the ruler of Tigré until the latter's death in 1816. Pearce's frank and humorous account of his life was written for Henry Salt, and it is particularly interesting in the details it gives of the land and people of Ethiopia, then little known by Europeans.
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Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 11. Military character of the Abyssinians; 12. Buildings undertaken by the Ras; 13. Disturbances excited by the Abuna; 14. Civil war among the chiefs for the dignity of the Ras; 15. Pearce receives a box from Mr salt; 16. Pearce goes to the camp of the Gas Ischias; 17. Proceedings of the Gas Ischias; 18. Fray at a 'marver'; 19. Triumph of the Abuna; 20. Disturbed state of the country; 21. Pearce resolves to leave Abyssinia; 22. Voyage from Rabak to Suez; Appendix.
