Voyage to Abyssinia

Name: Voyage to Abyssinia
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ISBN: 9781596055698

ISBN-10: 1596055693

ISBN-13: 9781596055698

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lobo

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A husband that doth not like his wife may easily find means to make the marriage void, and, what is worse, may dismiss the second wife with less difficulty than he took her, and return to the first; so that marriages in this country are only for a term of years, and last no longer than both parties are pleased with each other... -from "The Manner of Eating in Abyssinia, Their Dress, Their Hospitality, and Traffic" What makes this 17th-century work notable is not its tale of the nine years a Portuguese priest spent in Abyssinia as a missionary, although that certainly makes this a unique work of both travel and religious writing. What sealed this travelogue's place in history is that it was…

Book details

Publisher: Cosimo, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English