A Voyage to Ethiopia in the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700

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  • In Charles-Jacques Poncet

    …account of the journey, A Voyage to Ethiopia in the Years 1698, 1699 and 1700, is the only European source for the history of Ethiopia in this period. Poncet, who had lived in Egypt since 1687, departed for Ethiopia in May 1698. He ascended the Nile River and turned south…

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