Khoikhoi men with spears and animal-skin cloak, and Xhosa Gonaqua woman with necklace, beaded skirt, holding three spears. Negroes, Aborigines of Africa. Taken from Francois Levaillant's Travel's into the interior parts of Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellie's English translation of George Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, and Henry Chambers' History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Thomas Kelly, London, 1828. Artist unknown. William Smellie (1740-1795) was a prolific Scottish author, naturalist and translator. His two-volume translation of Bu

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Khoikhoi men with spears and animal-skin cloak, and Xhosa Gonaqua woman with necklace, beaded skirt, holding three spears. Negroes, Aborigines of Africa. Taken from Francois Levaillant's Travel's into the interior parts of Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellie's English translation of George Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, and Henry Chambers' History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Thomas Kelly, London, 1828. Artist unknown. William Smellie (1740-1795) was a prolific Scottish author, naturalist and translator. His two-volume translation of Buffon first appeared in 1781.

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