Europeans and Africans : : mutual discoveries and first encounters /

Europeans and Africans : : mutual discoveries and first encounters / / by Michal Tymowski.

In Europeans and Africans Michał Tymowski analyses the first contacts between the Portuguese and other Europeans and Western Africans in the 15th and early 16th centuries, the cultural and psychological as well as the organizational aspects of contacts. The territorial scope of the research encompas...

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Tymowski, Michał,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:African History ; 10.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Maps
  • Abbreviations X
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Beginnings
  • 1 Fear and Courage
  • 2 Death and Attitudes to Death
  • 3 How Did They Communicate?
  • 3.1 Interpreters
  • 3.2 The First Dictionary
  • 4 Astonishment, Wonder and Curiosity
  • Part 2: Encounters
  • 5 Feasts
  • 6 First Meetings
  • 6.1 The Valarte-Guitenyia Meeting
  • 6.2 The Ca da Mosto-Budomel Meeting
  • 6.3 The Azambuja-Caramansa Meeting
  • 6.4 Comparing the Three Meetings
  • 7 Places of Trade
  • 8 Embassies of African Rulers to Portugal
  • 8.1The Embassy from Benin
  • 8.2The Voyage to Portugal of Bumi Jeleen, Toppled Ruler of the Wolof
  • Part 3: A Minority among the Majority
  • 9 African Slaves in Portugal - Cultural and Psychological Aspects
  • 10 Degredados, Lançados, Tangomaos - Portuguese Exiles and Fugitives
  • 11 Women
  • Part 4: Both Sides about the Other
  • 12 Europeans' Perceptions of Africans
  • 13 Africans' Perceptions of Europeans
  • Conclusions
  • Figures and Maps
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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