Method of hunting crododiles, Senegal, 18th century

Method of hunting crododiles, Kingdom of Galam, Senegal, 18th century. A Mandinka man thrusts his ox-hide covered left arm down a crocodile's throat and stabs him with a dagger with his right hand. Negro method of attacking a crocodile. Chasse au crocodile. 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

Description Enslaved Frederic Geoffroy Manners Method Moor Moorish Moors Musket Sahara Senegal Senegambia Shoberl Stipple Villeneuve

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