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