The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions. Andrew Battell

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       Andrew Battell

      The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664593580

Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       BIBLIOGRAPHY.

       THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL OF LEIGH IN ESSEX, SENT BY THE PORTUGALS PRISONER TO ANGOLA, WHO LIVED THERE, AND IN THE ADJOINING REGIONS, NEAR EIGHTEEN YEARS.

       RELIGION AND THE CUSTOMS

       ANGOLA, CONGO AND LOANGO.

       APPENDIX I.

       APPENDIX II.

       APPENDIX III.

       APPENDIX IV.

       APPENDIX V.

       INDEX AND GLOSSARY.

PAGE
Introduction		ix
Bibliography		xviii
The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh.
I.	Andrew Battell, his voyage to the River of Plate, who being taken on to the coast of Brazill was sent to Angola	1
II.	His trading on the coast; offer to escape; imprisonment; exile; escape and new imprisonment; his sending to Elamba and Bahia das Vaccas; many strange occurrences	9
III.	Discovery of the Gagas: their wars, man-eating; over-running countries. His trade with them, betraying, escape to them, and living with them; with many strange adventures. And also the rites and manner of life observed by the Iagges, or Gagas, which no Christian would ever know well but this author	19
IV.	His return to the Portugals: invasions of diverse countries; abuses; flight from them, and living in the woods divers months; his strange boat and coming to Loango	36
V.	Of the province of Engoy, and other regions of Loango; with the customs there observed by the King and people	42
VI.	Of the provinces of Bongo, Calongo, Mayombe, Manikesocke, Motimbas; of the ape-monster Pongo; their Hunting, Idolatries, and divers other observations	52
VII.	Of the Zebra and Hippopotamus; the Portuguese Wars in those parts; the Fishing, Grain, and other things remarkable	63
On the Religion and the Customs of the Peoples of Angola, Congo, and Loango, from Purchas His Pilgrimage, 1613 (1617)		71
APPENDICES.
I.	Anthony Knivet in Kongo and Angola	89
II.	A Sketch of the History of Kongo to the end of the Seventeenth Century	102
III.	A List of the Kings of Kongo	136
IV.	A Sketch of the History of Angola to the end of the Seventeenth Century	139
V.	A List of the Governors of Angola	188
Index and Glossary		192

MAPS.

A General Map of Kongo and Angola.

An Enlarged Map of Angola.

INTRODUCTION.

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OUR Englishmen are known to have visited Angola towards the close of the sixteenth century, namely, Thomas Turner, Andrew Towres, Anthony Knivet and Andrew Battell. All four