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Asian Educational Service Ethiopia Oriental by Joao Dos Santos
About the Book: - The work, which is in two volumes, gives a description of the people, and the Portuguese presence in Ethiopia. The work is in the Portuguese language. This set is a reprint of the 1891 edition About the Author: - João dos Santos was a Portuguese Dominican missionary in India and Africa. He was a writer also. On 13th August 1586, four months after leaving Lisbon, Santos arrived in Portuguese Mozambique. He was at once sent to Sofala, where he remained four years with Father João Madeira. Between them they baptized some 1694 natives and had built three chapels when they were ordered back to Mozambique. After a journey of hardships they were forced to remain on the Zambesi River, Santos staying at Tete for eight months. From registers found there he discovered that the Dominicans had baptized about 20,000 natives before the year 1591 at Tete alone. His book Ethiopia Oriental is a description of the Portuguese colonization of Africa at the end of the sixteenth century. He gives an account of the manners and customs of the Bantu tribes at that date; he was a keen observer, and generally a sober narrator of things that he saw. The Title 'Ethiopia Oriental written/authored/edited by Fr. Joao Dos Santos', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9789353244613 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 870. The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in Portuguese. The subject of this book is. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- 2 Vols. Set