early Spanish and Portuguese raids in north & west Africa

[Jim Webster]

Very nice indeed 

[CarlL]

in my search for Portuguese illustrations of the Africans they encountered I came across this Dutch map from c.1617, (in John Laband's Bringers of War) by Willem Blaeu; in the margins are depicted Africans from the regions of Africa which the Portuguese had visited! There is another map (of Portuguese origin with similar depictions in margins but I have not been able to find a free to view copy so far).

This link will take you to a free to view copy of Blaeu's map which you can zoom in to see the illustrated peoples of Africa (as depicted in Amsterdam c1617).
see  https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8200.ct001455/?r=-0.04,0.036,0.249,0.093,0

CarlL

[CarlL]

Here are some illustrations taken from an original source I cannot identify as source website defunct, (but my souce posted below) but of watercolours depicting Jesuit encounters with King of Congo and only illustrations I have seen of Africans bearing Portuguese weapons. CarlL

Source https://docs.ufpr.br/~coorhis/felipe/imagens.html

[CarlL]

The Portuguese descriptions of the events in each image are as follows (courtesy of google translates):

Left
In this image, the missionary is already established in the region. We can see in the representation the local chief outside Ignazio's house receiving the Capuchin's blessing. The Mani wears military clothes, as well as the other members of the image, this is due to the fact that they are about to carry out the "Sangare" - a kind of "warlike tournament" in the region.


Centre
After the initial meeting, the missionary learns about part of the local population. In the red cover image, we can see the local chief or "Mani" welcoming the missionary's entourage with celebration and subservience. In the center we see another local chief asking the missionary for forgiveness for having mistreated another Capuchin who had preceded Ignazio's expedition.

Right
After the warm welcome, we perceive in this image a more diplomatic relationship. This is due to the fact that in order to establish a religious mission in the region, Ignazio needed permission from Mani. 

CarlL

[Duncan Head]

A Google image search on one of them tells me:

This source in Italian is a modern printing of a 1747 manuscript (located in the Biblioteca Civica of Turin) which describes Capuchin expeditions to the Kingdom of Kongo. The watercolor paintings record moments in the daily lives of missionaries Bernardino Ignazio and Gaspare da Bassano, who were resident in Sogno from 1743-1747. Sogno (Sonyo in English) was a province of the kingdom. The illustrations and accompanying manuscript were done by Ignazio.

From http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1812

[CarlL]

Thank you Duncan.
CarlL