The two copper engravings depicting inhabitants on one of the Cape Verde islands, were presumably produced by the publisher to accompany this fictional account by Defoe. Perhaps they were derived from another, albeit unidentified, source. The image on the left, captioned
Clothing Styles, Cape Verde Islands, early 18th cent.
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Clothing Styles, Cape Verde Islands, early 18th cent.
Daniel Defoe, The four years voyages of Capt. George Roberts. . . Written by himself (London, 1726), between pp. 422 and 423. (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
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Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Africa--Cabo Verde
Daniel Defoe, The four years voyages of Capt. George Roberts. . . Written by himself (London, 1726), between pp. 422 and 423.
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
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