HEROES OF THE DARK CONTINENT 500 ENGRAVINGS & PLATES

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MOST OF AFRICATHAT IS PORTRAYED IN THIS BOOK,S PLATES AND ENGRAVINGS IN WHAT DIFFERENT CULTURES VILLAGES LOOKED LIKE AND THE SLAVERY AND TRIBAL WAYS OF LIFEARE NOW EXSTINCT.THIS BOOK RECORDS THOSE CULTURES FOR ALL TIME. THE QUALITY OF THE ENGRAVATURES AND COLORED PLATES TRULY IS ASTOUNDING.IF YOU COULD SEE THE EMOTIONS AND CHARACTER AND DISTINCT INDIVIDUALISM,YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT I MEAN. T IS AN UNEXPECTED FRANKNESS IN THE JOURNALS THAT REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOURE T SUFFERING IT OUT WITH THEM.T ARE ENGRAVINGS OF TREATY SIGNINGS BARGAININGS FOR PASSAGE THROUGH TRIBAL LANDS AS WELL AS THE KILLING OF SLAVES JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE TO TIRED AND EXHAUSTED TO WORK. GRAPHIC OUT AND OUT BATTLES TO SURVIVE BOTH WITH MAN AND BEAST,YOU GET THE FEEL FOR THE OLD AFRICA,A COMPLEX LAND FULL OF VARIED CULTURES T IS ALSO PORYTRAYAL OFTHE HORRORS OF THE PORTUGUESE SLAVERS AND T WORK CAUGHT IN ACTION.THE BINDER OF THIS BOOK IS IN VERY BAD SHAPE BUT EXCEPT FOR A FEW PAGES BEING TORE THE BOOK SEEMS TO BE COMPLETE FROM 1889 for the engravatures alone as a photo documentary of a l;ost time,this book is priceless
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