Negroes of Kachao making maniac root into cakes. Guinea-Bissau. MIDDLETON 1779

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The negroes of Kachao preparing Maniac root, 1 Scraping the root, 2 Rasping, 3 Sifting, 4 Pressing, 5 Making the maniac root into cakes. Artist/engraver/cartographer: unknown. Provenance: A New and Complete System of Geography containing a full accurate, authentic and interesting account and description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America etc. by Charles Theodore Middleton printed fo Pater-noster Row, London. Type: Antique copperplate print.

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Size: 2362px × 3670px
Location: West Africa
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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