Fort de Maures, sur l'isle Moyella

"Fort of Moor Fort, on the Island of Moyella" (caption translation). Moyella Island is one of the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean. This engraving shows a fort, Europeans purchasing slaves and transporting them to a waiting ship.

Image Title

Fort de Maures, sur l'isle Moyella

RegID

SI-OB-769

Date

Early 1700s

Title

Fort de Maures, sur l'isle Moyella

Source

Pieter van der Aa, La Galerie Agréable du Monde (Leide, 1729). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-308440.

Language

French

Item sets

Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas

Spatial Coverage

Africa--Comoros

Reproduced In

Pieter van der Aa, La Galerie Agréable du Monde (Leide, 1729).

Researchers

Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Identifier

C005