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 Their Hatred and Envy for One Another and the Fact That One Finds No Beggars Here

Description: This print shows the Dutch trader and explorer Pieter de Maares’ (1770-1856 CE) observation that one does not find any poor people in the Gold Coast and how the people are generally clad. “A” is a king’s wife dressed in her best attire; “B” is a woman of easy virtue who is also nicely dressed; “D” shows a woman and man exchanging greetings; and “E” shows a woman and man wooing each other.

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