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Map Description of Inlet of the Kingdom of Angola. Descripçam da Barra do Reino de Amgolla

About this Item

Title

  • Description of Inlet of the Kingdom of Angola.

Other Title

  • Descripçam da Barra do Reino de Amgolla

Summary

  • This 17th-century manuscript map is an early depiction of the harbor and city of Luanda, on the coast of Angola. Founded by the Portuguese in 1575, Luanda became the administrative center of Portuguese rule in Angola in 1627, one year after this map was made. The port of Luanda was also the center of the Angolan slave trade, controlled by the Portuguese Empire, and which is estimated to have supplied around one-quarter of all African slaves sent to the Americas.

Names

  • Carvalho, Goncalo Pires Contributor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1626.

Headings

  • -  Angola--Luanda
  • -  1626

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 manuscript map : color ; 43 x 110 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Portuguese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668346

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Carvalho, Goncalo Pires Contributor. Description of Inlet of the Kingdom of Angola. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1626] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668346/.

APA citation style:

Carvalho, G. P. C. (1626) Description of Inlet of the Kingdom of Angola. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668346/.

MLA citation style:

Carvalho, Goncalo Pires Contributor. Description of Inlet of the Kingdom of Angola. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1626] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668346/>.