ANGOLA: São Salvador (M'banza-Kongo) . 'St Salvador', City of Congo. MALLET 1683

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'St Salvador'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Allain Manesson Mallet. Provenance: "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne: Les Plans & les Profils des principales Villes & des autres lieux considerables de la Terre; avec les portraits de Souverains qui y commandent, leurs Blasons, Titres & Livrees: Et les Moeurs, Religions, Gouvernements & divers habillemens de chaque Nation", dedie'e au Roy, par Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques, MDCLXXXIII [First edition, Paris, 1683]. Type: Original 17th century copperplate print. The earliest documented kings referred to this city as "the city of Congo" (cidade de Congo). The name of the city as São Salvador appears for the first time in the letters of Álvaro I (1568–1587) which was carried on by his successors. The name was changed back to "City of Kongo" (Mbanza Kongo) after Angolan independence in 1975. There is a view of Loaga on the reverse side of the print.

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Size: 1437px × 2328px
Location: Angola
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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