The Red Sea and adjacent countries at the close of the seventeenth century / as described by Joseph Pitts, William Daniel, and Charles Jacques Poncet ; edited by Sir William Foster.
By: Pitts, Joseph
Contributor(s): Daniel, William | Poncet, Charles Jacques | Foster, William, Sir
Publisher: Millwood, NY : Kraus Reprint, 1990.Description: xl, 192 p. : 2 facsims., 2 maps (1 fold.), fold. plate ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Red Sea Region -- Description and travelDDC classification: 916.2
Contents:
The journey of Joseph Pitts from Algiers to Mecca and back -- The journey of William Daniel from London to Mocha and back -- Daniel's account of his expenses -- The journey of Charles Jacques Poncet from Cairo into Abyssinia and back -- De Brèvedent's account of the journey to Sennar -- Letter from Poncet at Jidda to the French consul at Cairo -- The interrogation of Poncet at Cairo -- Appendix: Ovington's notes on the Red Sea ports. Note on Ludolf's map of Abyssinia.
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Reprint of the 1949 ed.
Bibliography: p. [xxxix]-xl.
The journey of Joseph Pitts from Algiers to Mecca and back -- The journey of William Daniel from London to Mocha and back -- Daniel's account of his expenses -- The journey of Charles Jacques Poncet from Cairo into Abyssinia and back -- De Brèvedent's account of the journey to Sennar -- Letter from Poncet at Jidda to the French consul at Cairo -- The interrogation of Poncet at Cairo -- Appendix: Ovington's notes on the Red Sea ports. Note on Ludolf's map of Abyssinia.