"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.
Fort de Maures, sur l'isle Moyella
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Early 1700s
Fort de Maures, sur l'isle Moyella
Pieter van der Aa, La Galerie Agréable du Monde (Leide, 1729). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-308440.
French
Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas
Africa--Comoros
Pieter van der Aa, La Galerie Agréable du Monde (Leide, 1729).
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
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