The engraving is included in Chapter III, "Negres du Royaume de Juida. Leur figure, leur habillement, leur caractere & leur nourriture." It shows, from left to right, an upper-class woman (Fig. 1), a female slave (Fig. 3), and two female servants (Fig. 2). They are dressed according to class: the upper-class woman wears a fringed dress and a comparatively elegent headdress; the servants wear simpler robes and head coverings; the slave wears a tunic around her waist, which leaves her breasts exposed, and her head is uncovered., Illustration in Histoire générale des voyages: ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre . . . (A Paris: Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, M.DCC.XLIX, [1749]), vol. 14, p. 316., The key above the image reads: 1. Femmes de qualité, 2. Femmes de commun, 3. Esclaves., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator
Chedel, engraver
Date
[1749]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1749 Prev 66187.D v 14 p 316, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2673
The engraving is included in Chapter IV, "Voyage du Capitaine William Keeling, à Bantam & à Banda, en 1607. As the title suggests, the image shows a house in Sierra Leone, specifically that of Captain Thomas. His house consists of two round huts with thatched, conical roofs. They are joined together by a third hut, which has no roof. The scene also includes an idol (identified as "Idole du Païs"), which is protected by a small, conical cover. A man prays on the ground in front of it. In the foreground, two Africans smoke long pipes. A spear rests beside one of them., Illustration in Histoire générale des voyages: ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre . . . (A Paris: Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, M.DCC.XLIX, [1749]), vol. 4, p. 48., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1749]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1749 Prev 66187.D v 4 p 48, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2670
The engraving is included in Chapter VIII, "Voyage du fieur Brue, d'Albreda à Kachao." It shows some inhabitants of Kachao (a Portuguese town) and Bissao (now Bissao) preparing manioc root (cassava, yucca). Standing closest to the right, Figure 1 scrapes the manioc root. Sitting at the left, another figure grates it into flour. Behind him and to the right, Figure 3 sifts the manioc flour. According to the key, Figure 4 (the standing figure?) presses the flour into bags, while Figure 5 (center) prepares cassava bread., Illustration in Histoire générale des voyages: ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre . . . (A Paris: Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, M.DCC.XLIX, [1749]), vol. 8, p. 198., The key above the image reads: 1. Negre qui ratisse la racine, 2. Negre qui la rape, 3. Negre qui la Sasse, 4. Pressoir pour la farine en Sacs, 5. Negre qui cuit la pâte., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator
Ardiné, F. A., engraver
Date
[1749]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1749 Prev 66187.D v 8 p 198, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2672
