ABSTRACT

With additional documents. The first narrative is from Pitts' Religion and Manners of the Mahometans (Third Edition, 1731); Daniel's journal was printed in 1702, Poncet's in 1709. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1949.

part 1|49 pages

AN Account By Joseph Pitts of His Journey From Algiers to Mecca and Medina and Back

part 2|35 pages

A Narrative by William Daniel of His Journey from London to Mocha and Back 1700‑1

chapter 1|2 pages

Daniel’s Account of His Expenses 1

(India Office Records: Court Minutes, vol. 38, f. 406.)

part 3|3 pages

A Narrative by Charles Jacques Poncet of His Journey from Cairo into Abyssinia and Back 1698–1701

chapter 4|2 pages

Letter from Poncet at Jidda to the French Consul at Cairo

5 December 1700 (N.S.) 1

chapter 5|3 pages

The Interrogation of Poncet at Cairo

23 June 1701 (N.S.) 1