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The strange adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh, in Angola and the adjoining regions. /
Adventures between 1589 and 1607, edited, with notes and a concise history of Kongo and Angola. With part of Anthony Knivet's account of his activities in the same countries, from the same source. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1901.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey :
Ashgate,
2010.
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| Colección: | Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;
2nd ser., no. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL OF LEIGH; I. Andrew Battell, his voyage to the River of Plate, who being taken on to the coast of Brazill was sent to Angola; II. His trading on the coast; offer to escape; imprisonment; exile; escape and new imprisonment; his sending to Elamba and Bahia das Vaccas; many strange occurrences; III. Discovery of the Gagas: their wars, man-eating; overrunning countries. His trade 'with them, betraying, escape to them, and living with them; with many strange adventures.
- IV. His return to the Portugals: invasions of diverse countries abuses; flight from them and living in the woods diversemonths; his strange boat, and coming to Loango; V. Of the Province of Engoy [Ngoyo] and other Regions of Loango, with the Customs there observed by the King and People; VI. Of the Provinces of Bongo, Calongo, Mayombe, Manikesocke, Motimbas: of the ape-monster Pongo: their Hunting, Idolatries, and divers other observations; VII. Of the Zebra and Hippopotamus; The Portugals Wars in those parts; the Fishing, Grain, and other things remarkable.
- ON THE RELIGION AND THE CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLES OF ANGOLA, CONGO AND LOANGOAPPENDICES; I. ANTHONY KNIVET IN KONGO AND ANGOLA; II. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF KONGO TO THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; III. A LIST OF THE KINGS OF KONGO; IV. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ANGOLA TO THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; V.A LIST OF THE GOVERNORS OF ANGOLA, 1575-1702; INDEX AND GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; l; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.