Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., Pres. R.G.S., President.
The Right Hon. The Lord Stanley of Alderley, Vice-President.
Rear-Admiral Sir William Wharton, K.C.B., Vice-President.
Commr. B. M. Chambers, R.N.
C. Raymond Beazley, M.A.
Colonel G. Earl Church.
Sir W. Martin Conway.
F. H. H. Guillemard, M.A., M.D.
Edward Heawood, M.A.
Dudley F. A. Hervey, C.M.G.
E. F. Im Thurn, C.B., C.M.G.
J. Scott Keltie, LL.D.
F. W. Lucas.
A. P. Maudslay.
E. J. Payne, M.A.
Howard Saunders.
H. W. Trinder.
Charles Welch, F.S.A.
William Foster, B.A., Honorary Secretary.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
Introduction | [ix] | |
Bibliography | [xviii] | |
| The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh. | ||
| I. | Andrew Battell, his voyage to the River of Plate, who beingtaken on to the coast of Brazill was sent to Angola | [1] |
| II. | His trading on the coast; offer to escape; imprisonment;exile; escape and new imprisonment; his sending toElamba and Bahia das Vaccas; many strange occurrences | [9] |
| III. | Discovery of the Gagas: their wars, man-eating; over-runningcountries. His trade with them, betraying,escape to them, and living with them; with manystrange adventures. And also the rites and manner oflife observed by the Iagges, or Gagas, which no Christianwould ever know well but this author | [19] |
| IV. | His return to the Portugals: invasions of diverse countries;abuses; flight from them, and living in the woods diversmonths; his strange boat and coming to Loango | [36] |
| V. | Of the province of Engoy, and other regions of Loango;with the customs there observed by the King and people | [42] |
| VI. | Of the provinces of Bongo, Calongo, Mayombe, Manikesocke,Motimbas; of the ape-monster Pongo; theirHunting, Idolatries, and divers other observations | [52] |
| VII. | Of the Zebra and Hippopotamus; the Portuguese Warsin those parts; the Fishing, Grain, and other thingsremarkable | [63] |
On the Religion and the Customs of the Peoples ofAngola, Congo, and Loango, from Purchas HisPilgrimage, 1613 (1617) | [71] | |
| APPENDICES. | ||
| I. | Anthony Knivet in Kongo and Angola | [89] |
| II. | A Sketch of the History of Kongo to the endof the Seventeenth Century | [102] |
| III. | A List of the Kings of Kongo | [136] |
| IV. | A Sketch of the History of Angola to the endof the Seventeenth Century | [139] |
| V. | A List of the Governors of Angola | [188] |
Index and Glossary | [192] | |
| MAPS. |
| [A General Map of Kongo and Angola.] |
| [An Enlarged Map of Angola.] |
