The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce 2 Volume Set: Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810–1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar

Nathaniel Pearce 1779 1820 was according to J J Halls who edited and published his autobiographical writings in two volumes in 1831 one of those remarkable and adventurous beings whom Nature in her sportive humour seems to take delight in creating Having run away to sea twice deserted from the navy accidentally killed a man and briefly converted to Islam he came into his own as a reliable guide and factotum to British travellers in Egypt He accompanied Henry Salt on his mission to Abyssinia in 1805 Salt s own account is also reissued in this series where he married a local girl and served the ruler of Tigr until the latter s death in 1816 Pearce s frank and humorous account of his life was written for Henry Salt and it is particularly interesting in the details it gives of the land and people of Ethiopia then little known by Europeans Nathaniel Pearce 17791820 was according to J J Halls who edited and published his autobiographical writings in two volumes in 1831 one of those remarkable and adventurous beings whom Nature in her sportive humour seems to take delight in creating Having run away to sea twice deserted from the navy accidentally killed a man and briefly converted to Islam he came into his own as a reliable guide and factotum to British travellers in Egypt He accompanied Henry Salt on his mission to Abyssinia in 1805 Salt s own account is also reissued in this series where he married a local girl and served the ruler of Tigr until the latter s death in 1816 Pearce s frank and humorous account of his life was written for Henry Salt and it is particularly interesting in the details it gives of the land and people of Ethiopia then little known by Europeans Nathaniel Pearce 17791820 was according to J J Halls who edited and published his autobiographical writings in two volumes in 1831 one of those remarkable and adventurous beings whom Nature in her sportive humour seems to take delight in creat