Category: Adventure
_War of the Elephant--First Appearance of the Small-Pox--Jews persecute the Christians in Arabia--Defeated by the Abyssinians--Mahomet pretends a Divine Mission--Opinion concerning the Koran--Revolution under Judith--Restoration of the Line of Solomon from Shoa_, 510
It was on Saturday the 15th of June, 1768, I sailed in a French vessel from Sidon, once the richest and most powerful city in the world, though now there is not remaining a shad...
4. BOOK II.The farther back we go into the history of Eastern nations, the more reason we have to be surprised at the accounts of their immense riches and magnificence. One who reads the h...
1. BOOK I.2. BOOK II._War of the Elephant--First Appearance of the Small-Pox--Jews persecute the Christians in Arabia--Defeated by the Abyssinians--Mahomet pretends a Divine Mission--Opinion concern...