Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 2 (of 5): In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 — John Shaqi
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 2 (of 5): In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773Bruce, James
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 2 (of 5): In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773
Bruce, James
Egypt -- Description and travel; Ethiopia -- Description and travel; Ethiopia -- History; Natural history -- Ethiopia; Nile River
_Revives the Banishment of Princes to the Mountain--War with
Adel--Death of the King--Attempts by Portugal to discover
Abyssinia and the Indies_, 78
ISCANDER, OR, ALEXANDER.
From 1478 to 1495.
_Iscander declares War with Adel--Good Conduct of the
King--Betrayed and Murdered by Za Saluce_, 114
NAOD.
From 1495 to 1508.
_Wise Conduct of the King--Prepares for a War with the
Moors--Concludes an Honourable Peace with Adel_, 120
DAVID III.
From 1508 to 1540.
_David, an Infant, succeeds--Queen sends Matthew Ambassador to
Portugal--David takes the field--Defeat of the Moors--Arrival
of an Embassy from Portugal--Disastrous War with Adel_, 124
CLAUDIUS, OR ATZENAF SEGUED.
From 1540 to 1559.
_Prosperous Beginning of Claudius’s Reign--Christopher de Gama
lands in Abyssinia--Prevented by the Rainy Season from joining
the King--Battle of Ainal--Battle of Offalo--Christopher de Gama
Slain--Battle of Isaacs Bet--Moors defeated, and their General
Slain--Abyssinian Army defeated--Claudius Slain--Remarkable
Behaviour of Nur, Governor of Zeyla General of the
Moors_, 173
MENAS, OR ADAMAS SEGUED.
From 1559 to 1563.
_Baharnagash rebels, proclaims Tascar King--Defeated by the
King--Cedes Dobarwa to the Turks, and makes a League with the
of Masuab_, 206
SERTZA DENGHEL, OR MELEC SEGUED.
From 1563 to 1595.
_King crowned at Axum--Abyssinia invaded by the Galla--Account
of that People--The King defeats the Army of Adel--Beats the
Falasha, and kills their King--Battle of the Mareb--Basha slain,
and Turks expelled from Dobarwa--King is poisoned--Names Za
Denghel his Successor_, 214
ZA DENGHEL.
From 1595 to 1604.
_Za Denghel dethroned--Jacob a Minor succeeds--Za Denghel is
Restored--Banishes Jacob to Narea--Converted to the Romish
Religion--Battle of Bartcho, and Death of the King_, 238
JACOB.
From 1604 to 1605.
_Makes Proposals to Socinios, which are rejected--Takes the
Field--Bad Conduct and Defeat of Za Selasse--Battle of Debra
Zeit--Jacob defeated and Slain_, 252
SOCINIOS OR MELEC SEGUED.
From 1605 to 1632.
_Socinios embraces the Romish Religion--War with Sennaar--With
the Shepherds--Violent Conduct of the Romish Patriarch--Lasta
rebels--Defeated at Wainadega--Socinios restores the Alexandrian
Religion--Resigns his Crown to his Eldest Son_, 262
BOOK IV.
CONTINUATION OF THE ANNALS, FROM THE DEATH OF SOCINIOS,
TILL MY ARRIVAL IN ABYSSINIA.
FACILIDAS OR SULTAN SEGUED,
From 1632 to 1665.
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