King Alvaro, Kongo.

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1153413

Item data

Title

King Alvaro, Kongo.

Collection

Description de l'Afrique, contenant les noms, la situation & les confins de toutes ses parties, leurs rivières, leurs villes & leurs habitations, leurs plantes & leurs animaux; les mœurs, les coûtumes, la langue, les richesses, la religion & le gouvernement de ses peuples. Avec des cartes des États, des provinces & des villes, & des figures en taille-douce, qui representent les habits & les principales ceremonies des habitans, les plantes & les animaux les moins connus.

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1686
Place: Amsterdam
Publisher: Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom & van Someren
Publisher: Wolfgang,Wesberge,Boom & van Someren

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare +916.04-D (Dapper, O. Description de l'Afrique)

Subjects

Kings
Manners & customs -- Africa
Kongo Kingdom
Dutch
Slave trade -- Africa

Genres

Prints

Physical Description

Extent: 3 p. ., 534, [22] p. front., illus., fold plates, fold. maps. 37

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3337921-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11704499
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 48c8c0f0-c6dc-012f-0a5a-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1686

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "King Alvaro, Kongo." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1686. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/48c8c0f0-c6dc-012f-0a5a-58d385a7bc34

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1686). King Alvaro, Kongo. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/48c8c0f0-c6dc-012f-0a5a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "King Alvaro, Kongo." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/48c8c0f0-c6dc-012f-0a5a-58d385a7bc34

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