A Story in Stones: Portugal's Influence on Culture and Architecture in the Highlands of Ethiopia 1493-1634 (Updated & Revised 2nd Edition

by John Jeremy Hespeler-Boultbee and Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst

Book Overview

This newly updated and revised second edition of A Story in Stones explores the relationship between Portugal and Ethiopia during the XVI and XVII centuries from the unique perspective of stonework. Through research and many years of working in the field, J.J. Hespeler-Boultbee examines the first early Renaissance links between the principal European superpower of the day and the ancient Christian empire of Ethiopia's Highlands - using contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1926585984
• ISBN13: 9781926585987
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: CCB Publishing
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"