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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Olfert Dapper, Description de l'Afrique, contenant les noms, la situation & les confins de toutes ses parties (Amsterdam: Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom & van Someren, 1686)
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| King Alvaro, Kongo |
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Kongo's King Alvaro is shown here receiving Dutch emissaries in 1642. The Portuguese and the Dutch were rivals in the region, each vying for a monopoly on the slave trade.
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| Image ID: | 1153413 |
Title: | [King Alvaro, Kongo.] |
Source: | Description de l'Afrique, contenant les noms, la situation & les confins de toutes ses parties, leurs rivieres, leurs villes & leurs habitations, leurs plantes & leurs animaux; les moeurs, les coutumes, la langue, les richesses, la religion. |
Name: | Dapper, Olfert (1639-1689) - Author |
Published: | 1686 |
Location: | Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
Subjects: | Dutch |
| Kings |
| Kongo Kingdom |
| Manners & customs -- Africa |
| Slave trade -- Africa |
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Keywords: | Holland |
| Kings - Kongo |
| Portugal |
| Transatlantic Slave Trade |
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