A Voyage to Abyssinia
- Date of account
- Portuguese account composed 1620s; English translation 1735
- Location
- Ethiopia
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Jerónimo Lobo’s account of Ethiopia, made widely available in Samuel Johnson’s 1735 English translation, combines travel observations with descriptions of Ethiopian geography, culture, animals, and religious traditions. It is a useful lead for checking early modern references to extraordinary birds, serpents, or dragon-like beings and for studying how translation altered their apparent meaning. The source is especially valuable for comparing Portuguese, French, and English versions. It does not by itself establish an anomalous creature or a literal interpretation of Ethiopian religious imagery.
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