Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia: In 1541-1543 as Narrated by Castanhoso (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia: In 1541-1543 as Narrated by Castanhoso<br><br>The Portuguese Expedition was decisive in that Abys sinia has since remained Christian; it is seldom that results so momentous have been attained by means so disproportionate. To us it has this special interest that the English campaign of 1867 with its twelve thousand men started from a point only a few miles distant from Massowa and joined the route of their predecessors near Senafe; if the Portuguese furthest point south was as suggested here the mountain of Amba Sel it lies but a few miles from the mountain fortress of Magdala stormed by the English.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.