Mythical Christian patriarch, presbyter, and king

Broader horizons : a study of Johannes Witte de Hese's Itinerarius and medieval travel narratives / Scott D. Westrem.

A short relation of the River Nile  of its source and current; or Its Overflowing the Campagnia of Egypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean; and of other curiosities. With a new preface. Written by an eye witness, who lived many years in the chief kingdom of the Abyssine empire.

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Broader horizons : a study of Johannes Witte de Hese's Itinerarius and medieval travel narratives / Scott D. Westrem.

A short relation of the River Nile of its source and current; or Its Overflowing the Campagnia of Egypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean; and of other curiosities. With a new preface. Written by an eye witness, who lived many years in the chief kingdom of the Abyssine empire.