The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415–1670: A Documentary HistoryMalyn Newitt Cambridge University Press, 28.6.2010 The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415–1670 brings together a collection of documents - all in new English translation - that illustrate aspects of the encounters between the Portuguese and the peoples of North and West Africa in the period from 1400 to 1650. This period witnessed the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews, the emigration of Portuguese to West Africa and the islands, and the beginnings of the black diaspora associated with the slave trade. The documents show how the Portuguese tried to understand the societies with which they came into contact and to reconcile their experience with the myths and legends inherited from classical and medieval learning. They also show how Africans reacted to the coming of Europeans, adapting Christian ideas to local beliefs and making use of exotic imports and European technologies. The documents also describe the evolution of the black Portuguese communities in Guinea and the islands, as well as the slave trade and the way that it was organized, understood, and justified. |
Sisältö
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Portuguese in Morocco | 25 |
2 The Early Voyages to West Africa | 43 |
3 The Atlantic Islands | 55 |
4 The Upper Guinea Coast and Sierra Leone | 67 |
5 Elmina and Benin | 90 |
6 Discovery of the Kingdom of Kongo | 100 |
7 Angola Paulo Dias and the Founding of Luanda | 121 |
9 Conflict in the Kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s | 159 |
10 Christianity in the Kongo | 167 |
11 The Angolan Wars | 178 |
12 People and Places | 205 |
Glossary | 231 |
235 | |
239 | |
8 The Slave Trade | 148 |
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The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670: A Documentary History Malyn Newitt Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2010 |
The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670: A Documentary History Malyn Newitt Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2010 |
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Afonso Afro-Portuguese Álvaro Álvaro II Angola António Brásio army Atlantic Azamour battle of Mbwila Benin bishop blacks boats Brazil Budomel Cadornega called Cambambe capitão-mor captain and governor captaincy and governorship caravel carry Castilians Ceuta Christian church cloth coast Congo conquest Cuanza Diogo Duarte enemy father Fernandes Fernão Fernão de Melo fortress gold Gonçalo guerra preta heathen Henrique Holy horses Imbangala inhabitants Jaga João João II killed king of Kongo king of Portugal king’s kingdom of Kongo Kongo king Kongo kingdom Kongolese land leagues letter Lisbon live lord Luanda Malyn Newitt Mandinga Manikongo Manuel Mbata Mbwila Monumenta Missionaria Africana Moors Morocco nobles Paulo Dias Pedro port priests prince province raids region River royal ruler sent settlements ships Sierra Leone slave trade soldiers Sonyo tangomaos things Tomé town Translated by Malyn upper Guinea vassals voyage west Africa western Africa Wolof women Zurara