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Title: An inhabitant of Angola
Description: Portrait image of an Angolan man. Subject wears only a tall head-piece, seemingly made of feathers, and a ribbon around his genitals. He holds a long spear in his right hand. An Angolan idol appears in the sky in the background. On the preceding page, Hebert wrote, "In Angola the people are fearfull blacke, their Religion is Ethnick, the Idols are of great esteeme amongst them, and called Mokisso, generally they are so wedded to Superstition, that some adore the Deuill in forme of a bloudie Dragon. Others a Ram-goat, a Leopard, a Batt, an Owle, a Snake or Dogge, to whom they ceremoniously kneele and bow vnto, groueling then vpon the Earth, they throw dust on their faces, and offer Hearbes, Rice, Rootes, Fruits, and such like, which is deuoured by the Witches, a Monster not a little feared and esteemed of amongst these Deuillish Sauages." (p. 8), Illustration in Sir Thomas Hebert's A relation of some yeares travaile, begvnne anno 1626: Into Afrique and the greater Asia, especially the territories of the Persian monarchie: and some parts of the Orientall Indies, and iles adiacent. Of their religion, language, habit, discent, ceremonies, and other matters concerning them . . . (London: Printed by William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, 1634), p. 9., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator: Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver
Date: [1634]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Stc 13190 902.F (Preston) p 9, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2892

Title: Vue du camp du voyageur Douville quand il passe le fleuve Couango, chez le Soba Bakal
Description: Depiction of Douville's camp on the edge of the Couango River in modern Angola. The camp consists of a number of small huts, as well as a larger, grander one, from whose thatched roof a flag waves. A number of people, and a few animals, appear on the outskirts of the camp. Four boats sail along the river, and two other camps can be seen in the background., Plate 16 in Jean-Baptiste Douville's Voyage au Congo et dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique equinoxiale: fait dans les années 1828, 1829 et 1830 (A Paris: Chez Jules Renouard, libraire, rue de Tournon, n. 6; Imprimé chez Paul Renouard, rue Garencière, n. 5, 1832)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator: Becker, F. S., lithographer
Date: 1832
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Afri Douv 10079.O plate 16, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2899

Title: Vue des montagne à l'est du Bihé
Description: Mountainous landscape rendered from the Canjungas River near Bihé (now Kuito) in central Angola. In addition to various landscape elements, the image includes a man in a small rowboat, and three huts on the river's edge., Plate 12 in Jean-Baptiste Douville's Voyage au Congo et dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique equinoxiale: fait dans les années 1828, 1829 et 1830 (A Paris: Chez Jules Renouard, libraire, rue de Tournon, n. 6; Imprimé chez Paul Renouard, rue Garencière, n. 5, 1832)., Caption underneath the image reads: (Prise sur les bords de la rivière Canjungas près Bihé capitale de l'etat de ce nom.), Lithographer probably Boulanger [i.e. Mr. B.], for he executed other plates in Douville's volume., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator: Becker, F. S.
Date: 1832
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Afri Douv 10079.O plate 12, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A3141

Title: Coutume des Sacrifices chez les Angolais
Description: In the center of the scene, a fire burns in an urn, sending clouds of smoke upward. A large group of Angolans has congregated around the urn: they dance, clap, beat drums and other instruments, and appear to offer prayers to the gods. The king is seated on the edge of the circle; his attendants stand next to him. Toward the right, four men -- presumably those intended for sacrifice -- stand with their hands bound behind their backs., Illustration in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?])., In the absence of pagination, 31a has been written to the right of the border of the image., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1729?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (31a), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2943

Title: De Stadt van Lovango = La ville de Lovango, en Afrique
Description: Bird's-eye view of the city of Lovango in Central Africa. According to the key, which is printed in both French and Dutch, A denotes the king's palace; B represents another court residence; C is the watch-tower; D is the wine cellar; E is the king's dining room; and F is a space for receiving the public. G marks the king's garden, while H denotes the ladies' garden. In the left foreground, Africans worship two divinities, which are marked I and K. A group of worshipers has congregated around I. Wearing feathered head-dresses, the worshipers dance and wave small flags. Kneeling in front of the divinity marked K, a solitary figure offers prayers. Behind him, four men smoke long pipes. L is the road on which criminals were dragged away., Double-page plate in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), n.p., In the absence of pagination, 47 has been written next to the plate., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1729?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (47), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2947

Title: Lovango
Description: Two residents of Lovango are shown on a hill in front of the city. A woman stands to the left; she wears flowing garments and carries a basket and a staff. A man is shown at the right; he wears a loincloth and a quiver, and holds a shield and a large club. The city is visible below them., Double-page plate in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), n.p., In the absence of pagination, 47a has been written next to the plate., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator: Meyer, Aldert, b. ca. 1664, engraver
Date: [1729?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (47a), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2948

Title: Bansa oste de Stadt Salvador. Hoost-stadt van het Rijk Congo. = Bansa ou S. Salvador. Capitale de Congo
Description: View of the city of Banza, or San Salvador, with the River Lelunda. According to the key, A represents the king's palace. The figures denoted by the letter B (lower right, on the river's edge) are slaves who collect water to supply to the city. The structures marked C are churches, and D is a citadel. E is a spring from which slaves collect fresh water., Folded illustration in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), n.p., In the absence of pagination, 50 has been written next to the plate., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1729?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (50), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2950

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