Encampment of a nomadic tribe, Senegambia, 18th century

Encampment or douar of a nomadic Islamic tribe, Senegambia, 18th century. The tents are made of woven camel hair. A Moorish camp or Adouar, with the tent of a chief. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve's l'Afrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821

Abroad Caravan Description Dromedary Encampment Enslaved Frederic Geoffroy Manners Moorish Moors Nomad Nomadic Sahara Senegambia Shoberl Stipple Villeneuve

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