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
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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
Collection
Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection
Names
Almada, André Álvares d (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1733
Place: Lisboa Occidental
Publisher: Na Officina de Miguel Rodrigues, Impressor do Senhor Patriarca
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare D 16-17 (Lapidus Collection)
Subjects
Slavery
Slave trade
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Historiography -- History -- Portugal -- 16th century
Indigenous peoples -- Guinea-Bissau
Slave trade -- History -- Africa, West
Slave trade -- History -- Portugal
Slave trade -- History -- Brazil
Ethnology -- Guinea-Bissau
Portugal -- Africa, West -- Colonies -- History -- 16th century
Africa, West -- Description and travel
Guinea-Bissau -- Description and travel
Guinea-Bissau -- Social life and customs
Sierra Leone -- History -- 16th century
Genres
Notes
Content: Epistle dedicatory signed: Antonio da Costa Valle.
Content: Title page vignette.
Physical Description
Extent: 62 pages. 17x23 cm.
Abstract
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.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 25945251
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20955095
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7ba23170-fe6d-0133-7913-00505686a51c
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Date Issued
1733
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1733. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ba23170-fe6d-0133-7913-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ba23170-fe6d-0133-7913-00505686a51c
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