PN-ES-022
Eastern Ethiopia
Ethiopia Oriental
- Type
- adaptation
- Status
- in revision
- Year
- 2024
- Place
- East Africa
- Coordinates
- 6° 10' S, 39° 12' E
Synopsis
An adaptation into contemporary Portuguese of Etiópia Oriental (1609), by Friar João dos Santos, one of the main Portuguese accounts of East Africa in the early modern period. It keeps the content of the work, updates the language and gives context to its journeys, peoples, customs and beliefs.