This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 115 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 4 July to 14 October 1842, and relate to the mission to Shoa [Shewa]. The enclosure...
‘Sketch delineative of the ROUTES OF SLAVE-CARAVANS through Abyssinia to the shores of ARABIA.’
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows the routes of ‘slave caravans’ [caravans of enslaved people] through Abyssinia [the Ethiopian Empire] to the shores of Arabia, specifically to Mocha, Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] and Loheia [Al Luhayyah]. The routes are indicated by red lines, and the sketch map also includes the ...
