The Ethiopia Book Of Travels

Author : Giyas Gokkent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1737129892

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The Ethiopia Book of Travels by Giyas Gokkent Pdf

Surviving a lightning strike, sleeping with deadly scorpions and snakes, crossing a volcano, or having an audience with Lady Desta and her thirty slaves, the English agent Ármin Vámbéry, or sultans and emperors. These were all in a day's work for Azmzâde Sadık el-Müeyyed, an Ottoman officer, statesman, and truly a renaissance man. 'The Ethiopia Book of Travels' takes you to June 1904 to accompany Sadık Pasha on a mission for Sultan Abdulhamid II to go before Emperor Menelik II, the ruler of Ethiopia. One of three missions to Africa by Sadık Pasha to counter the scramble for Africa by West European powers, this volume is a companion to 'Journey in the African Grand Sahara and Through Time'. I hope you enjoy the journey.

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781641710473

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Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves Pdf

Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates now more than ever. With the world facing divisive and often frightening events, from Trump, Brexit, and Erdogan, to climate change, nativism, and populism, there's never been a more important time to travel. Rick believes the risks of travel are widely exaggerated, and that fear is for people who don't get out much. After years of living out of a suitcase, he still marvels at how different cultures find different truths to be self-evident. By sharing his experiences from Europe, Central America, Asia, and the Middle East, Rick shows how we can learn more about own country by viewing it from afar. With gripping stories from Rick's decades of exploration, this fully revised edition of Travel as a Political Act is an antidote to the current climate of xenophobia. When we travel thoughtfully, we bring back the most beautiful souvenir of all: a broader perspective on the world that we all call home. All royalties from the sale of Travel as a Political Act are donated to support the work of Bread for the World, a non-partisan organization working to end hunger at home and abroad.

Author : Balthazar Telles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1710
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN : BCUL:1092892814

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The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia by Balthazar Telles Pdf

Author : Philip Marsden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 000655170X

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Far Country by Philip Marsden Pdf

Author : John Mandeville
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780191629105

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The Book of Marvels and Travels by John Mandeville Pdf

'Another island in the Great Ocean has many sinful and malevolent women, who have precious gems in their eyes.' In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. He tells us about the Sultan in Cairo, the Great Khan in China, and the mythical Christian prince Prester John. There are giants and pygmies, cannibals and Amazons, headless humans and people with a single foot so huge it can shield them from the sun . Forceful and opinionated, the narrator is by turns bossy, learned, playful, and moralizing, with an endless curiosity about different cultures. Written in the fourteenth century, the Book is a captivating blend of fact and fantasy, an extraordinary travel narrative that offers some revealing and unexpected attitudes towards other races and religions. It was immensely popular, and numbered among its readers Chaucer, Columbus, and Thomas More. Anthony Bale's new translation emphasizes the book's readability, and his introduction and notes bring us closer to Mandeville's medieval worldview. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Philip Briggs
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : 9781784770990

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Ethiopia by Philip Briggs Pdf

This new, fully updated 8th edition of Bradt's Ethiopia remains the most comprehensive, detailed and thorough guide available, particularly known for its strength of background information, coverage of off-the-beaten track areas, and in-depth details of hotels and other tourist facilities. It also contains far more maps than other guides. Bradt's Ethiopia is also the longest-serving English-language guidebook dedicated to the country, with a history of 25 years of research and expertise. This new edition has been updated by the original author, Philip Briggs, the world's foremost writer of Africa travel guides. Recent years have seen a notable rise in domestic and foreign private investment in the development of new hotels and national parks; this new edition includes all the most up-to-date details reflecting the recent changes, from development of tourist facilities to improved road infrastructure. Bradt's Ethiopia is ideal for visitors of all ages no matter the interest, whether travelling independently or as part of an organised group, from adventurous and active travellers interested in cultural, historical, and wildlife sightseeing to international conference visitors, spa tourists and community-based visitors looking for activities such as trekking and horseriding in the Rift Valley and Simien Mountains. Wildlife and birding visitors who come for Ethiopia's wealth of endemics are also catered for and this new edition includes a dedicated colour section on wildlife and birds. Of all the African nations, Ethiopia is most prone to misconceptions. The 1985 famine and the cracked barren earth of the Danakil Depression are not images quickly forgotten. But this fully updated guide refocuses the lens to reveal an ancient country that continues to surpass all expectations: from the ancient Judaic cultures of the fertile highlands to the Animist people of the South Omo Valley, from the Afroalpine moorland of the Bale Mountains National Park to the thundering Blue Nile Falls. This book also leads you further off the beaten track, so travellers can see more of this expansive and beautiful land, believed to be the cradle of humankind.

Author : Manuel de Almeida,Balthazar Telles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1710
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN : OCLC:264923242

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The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia by Manuel de Almeida,Balthazar Telles Pdf

Author : George Alexander Hoskins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : UCAL:$C16265

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Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile by George Alexander Hoskins Pdf

Author : Dervla Murphy
Publisher : Eland Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : 1906011672

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In Ethiopia with a Mule by Dervla Murphy Pdf

The real acheivement of Dervla's trip across Ethiopia was not surviving three armed robberies or a mountainous thousand-mile trail, but rather her growing affection for and understanding of another race.

Author : Renato Tomei
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781527526204

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Translating Ethiopia by Renato Tomei Pdf

The book represents the first in a series on travel writing, translation, tourism, and advertising. It spans biblical narratives, religious missions, scientific explorations, and the lesser known travels in Ethiopia (Prester John, Queen of Sheba, the Ark of the Covenant, the Blue Nile, Maq’dala, Lalibela and Gondar). In particular, stemming from the cultural turn in translation studies and geography, this work adopts a comparative and diachronic perspective on colonial and postcolonial descriptions of space and place, examining the variation in intertextual citation and re-writing, from early accounts to contemporary travelogues, marking a persistence in stereotyping.

Author : Philip Briggs,Brian Blatt
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1841622842

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Ethiopia by Philip Briggs,Brian Blatt Pdf

While the world taps its feet, Ethiopia breakdances with its shoulders. This is an uplifting, inspirational country which confounds expectations. It’s no featureless desert but a land of majestic landscapes surrounding a vast, fertile plateau. The rock-hewn churches in its medieval capital, Lalibela, are regarded by many as the eighth wonder of the world. Its people are welcoming, proud and besotted by their own culture and history. Bradt’s Ethiopia is the most thorough guide available to this country rich in culture, history and dramatic scenery, and has been highly praised by both travel press and readers. ‘Thorough and reassuring, it provides all the practical and background information to make readers leap from their armchairs and visit this vast, magical country’ The Daily Telegraph (UK)

Author : Philip Briggs
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781841623719

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Somaliland by Philip Briggs Pdf

Little known to the outside world, Somaliland has much to offer the truly intrepid traveller. This pioneering guidebook introduces one of the world's least chartered travel destinations. Author Philip Briggs covers everything from the low-key capital Hargeisa and mediaeval port of Berbera to peerless rock art sites such as Las Geel, and the scenery and wildlife of the Daallo Escarpment, towering 2,000m high above the pristine reefs of the Gulf of Aden. Somaliland's ruined cities and historical ports date back 5,000 years and have links with ancient Egypt and Axum in northern Ethiopia, as well as the Ottoman and British Empires. This guide offers background and practical information to every accessible corner of the country with the only real maps in existence of its capital and other large towns, and a section on wildlife.

Author : Remedius Prutky,J. Henry Arrowsmith-Brown,Richard Pankhurst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172117961933

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Prutky's Travels in Ethiopia and Other Countries by Remedius Prutky,J. Henry Arrowsmith-Brown,Richard Pankhurst Pdf

Vàclav Prutky, a Bohemian doctor of medicine and a Franciscan missionary, worked in Ethiopia 1752-1753. His account in Latin includes material on the Middle East and India, but material on Syria and Palestine is not included in this translation. An appendix documents Prutky's mission to Russia in 1766-1769.

Author : Philip Marsden-Smedley,Philip Marsden
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : 009984690X

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A Far Country by Philip Marsden-Smedley,Philip Marsden Pdf

Author : Paul B. Henze
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111987454

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Ethiopian Journeys by Paul B. Henze Pdf

Ethiopia has always held a special fascination for travelers going back to antiquity, but until the early part of the twen-tieth century, much of the country was inaccessible to all but the hardiest adventurers. In this exciting book, Paul Henze evokes the last years of what some might call a golden age, the decade before the turmoil that engulfed Ethiopia in 1974. Henze provides a mosaic of Ethiopia's culture as he examines its peoples, languages, and religions. Out of print for almost twenty-five years, this volume documents a period of Ethiopian history that was highly distorted by the communist regime of the 1970s and 1980s. This second edition has a new introduction and includes new images reflecting on Ethiopia's recent past and capturing the traditions and peoples of this ancient land. Paul B. Henze has traveled extensively throughout Ethiopia and has written hundreds of articles and several books on Ethiopian history, politics, and culture. A veteran member of the U.S. Foreign Service, he was first secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia during the period covered by this book. Henze is a life member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and during his frequent visits to Ethiopia he continues his research.