The strange adventures of Andrew Battel of Leigh, in Angola and the adjoining regions : reprinted from "Purchas his Pilgrimes" / ed., with notes and a concise History of Kongo and Angola, by E.G. Ravenstein.

The strange adventures of Andrew Battel of Leigh, in Angola and the adjoining regions : reprinted from "Purchas his Pilgrimes" / ed., with notes and a concise History of Kongo and Angola, by E.G. Ravenstein.

London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1901.

xx, 210 p. : maps ; 23 cm

Works issued by the Hakluyt society. 2nd ser. ; no. 6

Reprinted from Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, 1625.

"On the religion and customs of the peoples of Angola, Congo and Loango": p. [71]-87 (Taken from the compilation in Purchas his Pilgrimage, 1617, book 7. Gives only the accounts by Andrew Battel and Thomas Turner)

Appendices (p. [89]-190): I. Anthony Knivet in Kongo and Angola [extracts from "The admirable adventures ... of Master Antoine Knivet, which went with Master Thomas Cavendish ... to the South Sea, 1591," Purchas his Pilgrimes, 1625, pt. IV].--II. A sketch of the history of Kongo to the end of the seventeenth century.--III. Alist of the kings of Kongo [to 1709].--IV. A sketch of the history of Angola to the end of the seventeenth century.--V. A list of the governors of Angola [1575-1702].

Maps in pocket.

Bibliography: p. xviii-xx.

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