EditorialNative of Benguela city in headdress and earrings, and native of Angola. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.
EditorialCostumes of natives of Benguela, Angola, 1830. Two baptized natives in loinclothes, two idolatrous or independent natives. In the background a Portuguese man is carried in a tipoi or curtained sedan chair by slaves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving b...
EditorialThe little bird from Benguela on the coast of Africa, like the Wax Bill. A lesser bird like the Wax Bill from the Brazils ... Nouvelles illustrations de zoologie, contenant cinquante planches enlumine?es d'oiseaux curieux ... et quelques de quadrupe?...
EditorialGolden-backed bishop, Euplectes aureus, and orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra. (Golden-backed finch, Loxia aurea, and red-faced finch, Fringilla afra.) Little red-headed loxia from Angola and golden-backed bird from Benguela both in possession of Mar...
EditorialNomadic Giagas or Gallas, a ferocious, warlike people from Sierra Leone who destroyed the Kingdom of Benguela (Angola), depicted with spears, shields and cudgels. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and ...
EditorialNative of Benguela city in headdress and earrings, and native of Angola. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.