Voyages and travel to India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt

George Viscount Valentia, Voyages and travel to India, Ceylon, The Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in The Years 1802,1803,1804,1805, and 1806, London: William Miller, 1809

In three volumes
Volume I: 496 pages including 17 black and white engraved plates, 1 black and white engraved vignette plate
Volume II: 520 pages including 19 black and white engraved plates, 1 black and white engraved vignette plate, 5 folded black and white maps
Volume III: 506 pages including 22 black and white engraved plates, 1 black and white engraved vignette plate, 5 folded black and white maps

Contemporary leather bound with gilt text at spine having four raised bands (each)
34.9 x 26.6 cm (each)

Valentia accompanied the British mission to Abyssinia, to secure a port on the Red Sea. The British were attempting to consolidate their position against Napoleon's forces who threatened to seize Egypt. Includes descriptions of Lucknow, Benares, Seringapatam, Jeddah, Mocha, Calcutta, Madras and Ceylon, and an overview of the inhabitants and history of the Abyssinian regions of Aksum and Adwa.

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