Book Title: Beschrijvinghe ende Historische verhael vant Gout koninckrijck von Guinea, anders de Gout-custe de Mina genaemt leggende in het deel van Africa. ... Mitsgaders oock een cort verhael van de passagie die de schepen derwaerts nemen deur de Canarische Eylanden, voorby Capo de Verde, langs de Guste van Manigette, tot aen Capo de Trespunctas, voorts vande Revieren diemen versoect int verseylen vande Gout-custe, tot aende Capo Lopo Gonsalves, ... / Pieter de Marees.

Author: Marees, Pieter de.

Image Title: About the Trials and Sentences They Pass on One Another and What Fines They Pay

Description: This print shows the way the people of the Gold Coast conducted jurisprudence, as it appeared to the Dutch trader and explorer Pieter de Maares (1770-1856 CE) and his expedition party in 1602 CE. “A” shows how a king or captain sits in state, listening to complaints of his subjects and passing sentence on them; “B” shows how one man was executed for the sake of the Dutch: first his body was pierced with an Assegai, then his head was cut off and suspended from a tree. “D” shows how a woman makes an oath to her husband; “E” shows in what manner they take some voce and rub their face and entire body on the soles of the feet of a man; “F” shows how they kill one another; and “G” shows how women watching an execution wail loudly over the dead.

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