Jerónimo Lobo, a Jesuit sent from Goa in 1624 to bring the Ethiopian church under Rome, describes his landing on the Red Sea coast, the court of the emperor Susenyos, the sources of the Blue Nile, and the collapse of the mission and the Jesuits’ expulsion. Samuel Johnson’s English version was his first book.
A vivid missionary travel narrative, and a source for Johnson’s Rasselas. Download the free EPUB.