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Relaçaõ e descripçaõ de Guiné : na qual se trata das varias naçoens de negros, que a povoaõ, dos seus costumes, leys, ritos, ceremonias, guerras, armas, trajos, da qualidade dos portos, e do commercio, que nelles se faz

Title
  1. Relaçaõ e descripçaõ de Guiné : na qual se trata das varias naçoens de negros, que a povoaõ, dos seus costumes, leys, ritos, ceremonias, guerras, armas, trajos, da qualidade dos portos, e do commercio, que nelles se faz / que escreveo o capitaõ André Gonçalves d'Almada, offerecida ao senhor D. Gabriel Antonio Gomes.
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  1. Lisboa Occidental : Na Officina de Miguel Rodrigues, Impressor do Senhor Patriarca, 1733.
Author
  1. Almada, André Álvares d'

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Description
  1. 62 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. A rare early account of the nations of the West Coast Africa; describes the various tribes, laws, costumes, rites and ceremonies; includes comments on the products, the fertility of the land, and tribal political relationships; there is an account of the conquest of Sierra Leone by the Cumbas and numerous references to Brazil, where the Portuguese mainly exported African slaves.
Subject
  1. Slave trade > Africa, West > History
  2. Guinea-Bissau > Description and travel
  3. Black author
  4. Sierra Leone > History > 16th century
  5. Guinea-Bissau > Social life and customs
  6. Ethnology > Guinea-Bissau
  7. Historiography > Portugal > History > 16th century
  8. Indigenous peoples > Guinea-Bissau
  9. Africa, West > Description and travel
  10. Portugal > Colonies > Africa, West > History > 16th century > Sources
  11. Slave trade > Brazil > History
  12. Slave trade > Portugal > History
Call number
  1. Sc Rare D 16-17 (Lapidus Collection)
Note
  1. Epistle dedicatory signed: Antonio da Costa Valle.
  2. Title page vignette.
Author
  1. Almada, André Álvares d', author.
Title
  1. Relaçaõ e descripçaõ de Guiné : na qual se trata das varias naçoens de negros, que a povoaõ, dos seus costumes, leys, ritos, ceremonias, guerras, armas, trajos, da qualidade dos portos, e do commercio, que nelles se faz / que escreveo o capitaõ André Gonçalves d'Almada, offerecida ao senhor D. Gabriel Antonio Gomes.
Publisher
  1. Lisboa Occidental : Na Officina de Miguel Rodrigues, Impressor do Senhor Patriarca, 1733.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
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Local subject
  1. Black author.
Research call number
  1. Sc Rare D 16-17 (Lapidus Collection)
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