The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions

Name: The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions
Author: Andrew Battell

by Andrew Battell

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Turgut Dincer, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2012-11-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Angola -- Discovery and exploration Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Discovery and exploration

About the author

Andrew Battell

1560–1613

An English sailor and traveler, he is remembered for a vivid first-hand account of years spent in west-central Africa after being captured by the Portuguese. His narrative helped introduce early English readers to Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo through the eyes of an unwilling adventurer.

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