Principles of Physics by Raymond A Serway

Principles of Physics by Raymond A Serway

Nathaniel Pearce (1779 1820) was, according to J. J. Halls, who edited and published his autobiographical writings in 1831, 'one of those remarkable and adventurous beings, whom Nature 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 guide and factotum to British travellers in Egypt. He accompanied Henry Salt's 1805 mission to Abyssinia, where he married a local girl and served the ruler of Tigre until the latter's death in 1816. Pearce's humorous account of his life is particularly interesting in the details it gives of the land and people of Ethiopia, then little known by Europeans. Volume 1 begins the narrative of Pearce's life and his African travels and also contains an account of an expedition to the city of Gondar by his friend William Coffin.

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ISBN 13	9781133110934
ISBN 10	1133110932
Title	Principles of Physics
Author	Raymond A Serway
Series	Cengage Learning 's New Hybrid Editions!
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Brooks Cole
Year published	2012-03-16
Number of pages	1024
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