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 How They Fish, What Implements They Use, and What Kinds of Fish They Catch along the Coast at Night

Description: This print shows how the people of the Gold Coast go out fishing in the night time. “B” shows a man who holds a burning torch in one hand and a harpoon in the other, and when he sees a fish swimming, he spears it with the harpoon; the steersman merely steers and paddles towards the fish. “A” shows men who have holes in their canoe and a little wood fire, whose rays shine into the sea through the holes; the fish come to see this and are subsequently harpooned. “C” shows a man fishing with a cast-net. “D” shows people catching fish with baskets.

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