West African Collection (#2)

Group of pirates take a meal during a rest on the West African Coast, 18th century (engraving)
2912210 Group of pirates take a meal during a rest on the West African Coast, 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: Group of pirates take a meal during a rest on the West African Coast)

Chart of the north-east Atlantic, from Ireland to Cape Verde, c.1600 (manuscript)
7339788 Chart of the north-east Atlantic, from Ireland to Cape Verde, c.1600 (manuscript) by Unknown Artist, (17th century); 47x35 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Twelve Prints of Sea Engagements. The Defeat of a French Squadron, commanded by Monsr de la Clue, off Cape Lagos
7341692 Twelve Prints of Sea Engagements. The Defeat of a French Squadron, commanded by Monsr de la Clue, off Cape Lagos, on the 18th of August 1759

West Africa, Opening Cocoa Pods (colour litho)
8633203 West Africa, Opening Cocoa Pods (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: West Africa, Opening Cocoa Pods)

A chart of Guinea describing the sea coast from Cape de Verde to Cape Bona Esperanca, 1677 (coloured engraving)
7340049 A chart of Guinea describing the sea coast from Cape de Verde to Cape Bona Esperanca, 1677 (coloured engraving) by Seller, John (1632-97); 43x54 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Feticheur in Senegal, 1920-30 (b/w photo)
7292901 Feticheur in Senegal, 1920-30 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Geography. Senegal. Youg feticheur (witch) woman. Photo, Senegal, ca 1920-30.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Illustration representing an African young girl from Kano (Nigeria). French. 1870 (chromolithograph)
5669214 Illustration representing an African young girl from Kano (Nigeria). French. 1870 (chromolithograph); Universal History Archive/UIG

Circumcised black man near Goree Island, 1796 (engraving)
7422880 Circumcised black man near Goree Island, 1796 (engraving); (add.info.: Geography. Senegal. Circumcised black man near Goree Island)

Wedding ceremony in a tribe of Senegal. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des
FLO4635226 Wedding ceremony in a tribe of Senegal. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique" by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863)

Galago du Senegal and tarsier de Daubenton - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel
FLO4651340 Galago du Senegal and tarsier de Daubenton - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammals by Frederic Cuvier

Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii (Senegal courier, Tachydromus senegalensis)
FLO4651011 Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii (Senegal courier, Tachydromus senegalensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William

Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, and Senegal dormouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere
FLO4660158 Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, and Senegal dormouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lesson's Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

Attempted suicide in captivity, 1850
3480888 Attempted suicide in captivity, 1850; (add.info.: Attempted suicide in captivity by Samori Toure, c. 1830 - 1900; a Guinean Muslim cleric, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire)

Temple of snakes (engraving)
3479434 Temple of snakes (engraving); (add.info.: Pre-animist religion worshiping snakes. The temple of snakes at Dahomey, Africa.); Universal History Archive/UIG

In the West African gymnasium (engraving)
8672781 In the West African gymnasium (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the West African gymnasium)

Advertising in West Africa (engraving)
8672777 Advertising in West Africa (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising in West Africa. African animals advertising Dewar's Whisky)

The Wreck of the Lady Burgess East Indiaman amongst the Cape de Verde Islands, April 21, 1806 (aquatint, coloured)
7342561 The Wreck of the Lady Burgess East Indiaman amongst the Cape de Verde Islands, April 21, 1806 (aquatint, coloured) by Sartorius

Senegal: three indigenous people in their clothes, 1880
LUX4747620 Senegal: three indigenous people in their clothes, 1880; (add.info.: Senegal: three indigenous people in their clothes, 1880); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Man bloup (Flup or feloupe) (Senegal) wearing gold circles around legs and arms and a mandinka (Mandinka or Mande)
FLO4635208 Man bloup (Flup or feloupe) (Senegal) wearing gold circles around legs and arms and a mandinka (Mandinka or Mande) (West Africa) bearded, with a tunic and turban

Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis (Calago lemur, Lemur calago). Illustration drawn
FLO4683066 Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis (Calago lemur, Lemur calago). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Yellowbill (Senegal), Ceuthmochares aereus flavirostris (Yellow-billed coucal, Zanclostomus flavirostris)
FLO4651100 Yellowbill (Senegal), Ceuthmochares aereus flavirostris (Yellow-billed coucal, Zanclostomus flavirostris). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir

La genette commune ou d'Europe (or genette du Senegal) et l'atilax Vansire ou mangouste - Eau forte by Jean
FLO4651846 La genette commune ou d'Europe (or genette du Senegal) et l'atilax Vansire ou mangouste - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel

Wolof, yacht, yucca and yatagan (chromolitho)
8677371 Wolof, yacht, yucca and yatagan (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Y for Yolof (Wolof), yacht, yucca and yatagan (Turkish sword)

Madinka wedding, c.1810 (engraving)
7293205 Madinka wedding, c.1810 (engraving); (add.info.: Geography. Mali/Guinea. Madinka wedding (malinke). Engraving, France, ca 1810.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Mandinka (Mandingo, Mandingo) people dancing to drums in a festival in Dramanet, Kingdom of Galam (Gadjaga, Gajaaga)
FLO4722647 Mandinka (Mandingo, Mandingo) people dancing to drums in a festival in Dramanet, Kingdom of Galam (Gadjaga, Gajaaga, Gadiaga) (upper Senegal River)

The village of Fulier in Senegal, with rows of huts in the center of a coral a betail
FLO4635153 The village of Fulier in Senegal, with rows of huts in the center of a coral a betail. Lithography for the book

Black servants balance the sail on a French colonial yacht, 1890
3478477 Black servants balance the sail on a French colonial yacht, 1890; (add.info.: Two black servants balance the sail on a French colonial yacht off the West African Coast during rough seas)

Africa (Senegal), Dakar: march on the square of the march of Dakar, 1880
LUX4748125 Africa (Senegal), Dakar: march on the square of the march of Dakar, 1880; (add.info.: Africa (Senegal), Dakar: march on the square of the march of Dakar, 1880); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

The west coast of Africa, fishing canoes off Cape Verde (engraving)
8652557 The west coast of Africa, fishing canoes off Cape Verde (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The west coast of Africa, fishing canoes off Cape Verde)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8669917 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Breakfast with the Governor of Gambia (litho)
8672097 Breakfast with the Governor of Gambia (litho) by Spence, Percy F.S. (1868-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Breakfast with the Governor of Gambia)

Advertising in West Africa (engraving)
8672842 Advertising in West Africa (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising in West Africa)

Sea Adventure: Hanno the Carthaginian (colour litho)
8668729 Sea Adventure: Hanno the Carthaginian (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hanno the Carthaginian)

Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758: Ships at Anchor after the Action, 18th century (oil on canvas)
7337653 Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758: Ships at Anchor after the Action, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Serres, Dominic (1722-93); 52.5x82 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Marseille: African soldiers, Senegalese gunmen on the bridge of the boat Belgrano at the dock in the port of Marseille
LUX4804150 Marseille: African soldiers, Senegalese gunmen on the bridge of the boat Belgrano at the dock in the port of Marseille, 1920; (add.info.: France, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur)

Gum acacia or gum arabic tree, Acacia senegal. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph
FLO4990686 Gum acacia or gum arabic tree, Acacia senegal. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Senegalese troops in France, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Senegalese troops in France, between 1914 and 1918. African Senegalese soldiers marching down a street in a town in France during World War I

Costumes de Différents Pays, Ministre et Negre du Royaume de Benin, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Ministre et Negre du Royaume de Benin, c1797

Tree of Bats, Whydah; The Kingdom of Dahomey, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Tree of Bats, Whydah; The Kingdom of Dahomey, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Amazons of Dahomey in Battle; The Kingdom of Dahomey, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Amazons of Dahomey in Battle; The Kingdom of Dahomey, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

The Bambaras attack the Besiegers; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Bambaras attack the Besiegers; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

San-farba, a griot of Segou; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
San-farba, a griot of Segou; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Attack on Sansandig by Ahmadou's army; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Attack on Sansandig by Ahmadou's army; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Talibe equipped for fighting; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Talibe equipped for fighting; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Ahmadou's Army crossing the Niger; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Ahmadou's Army crossing the Niger; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

View in Segou; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
View in Segou; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Women pounding Millet; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Women pounding Millet; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Ahmadou's Palace at Segou; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Ahmadou's Palace at Segou; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

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"Exploring the Vibrant West African Culture: From Benin to Gambia" Embark on a captivating journey through West Africa, where the rich heritage of this diverse region unfolds. Begin your adventure in Benin, a country steeped in history and known for its connection to the infamous Route of the Slaves. Visit Ouidah, a coastal town that bears witness to this dark past, with its hauntingly beautiful beachfront. In Ghana's Ankasa Reserve, experience the enchanting nocturnal world as you spot an adult West African Potto climbing gracefully on a branch. The reserve is home to an array of fascinating wildlife that thrives under the moonlit sky. Travel further west to Gambia's capital city, Banjul, where local artisans showcase their talent at batik workshops. Marvel at intricate elephant textiles and handcrafted masterpieces hanging proudly on display. Delve into history as you encounter bronze sculptures depicting warriors and attendants from ancient times. These remarkable works of art offer glimpses into the cultural legacy of West Africa. Escape to Sierra Leone's Freetown Peninsula and bask in the sun-kissed beauty of River Number 2 Beach. Let its golden sands and crystal-clear waters wash away all worries as you immerse yourself in nature's embrace. Discover influential figures like Samory Toure, a revered West African ruler whose pen-and-ink drawing captures his powerful presence even today. His legacy continues to inspire generations across French-speaking countries. Journey southward towards São Tomé and Príncipe islands where jackfruit trees bear delicious fruits while tropical white spider lilies add splashes of color amidst lush landscapes. Nature thrives here in abundance. Witness nature's marvels up close with groups of Little bee-eaters perched side by side on branches during early mornings along Allahein River in The Gambia. Pied kingfishers elegantly adorn dead branches nearby - a true spectacle of avian beauty.