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Linschoten Africans

Linschoten Africans

Jan Huygen van Linschoten.
Ĉthiopum e Moçambyque...
Amsterdam, c.1596. 250 x 320mm. Coloured. Tape stains in margins.
£125
Depictions of four African natives, from Abyssinia and Ethiopia, engraved by Johannes à Doeticum. The title, written in Latin and Dutch, tells how the Mohametans call the natives 'Caffres', or 'unbelievers'. LINS0001

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