About this sheet
Antique print titled 'Negres de Kachao et de Bissao qui preparent le Manioc'. Old print showing inhabitants of Kachao preparing the Manioc root. Kachao a town and a Portuguese colony, today’s Bissau, Africa. This print originates from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
Artists and Engravers: Antoine Francois Prevost d'Exiles (1697-1763), usually known simply as the Abbe Prevost, was a French author and novelist.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Stain outside image. Please study image carefully.
Date: c.1750
Overall Size: 19.9 x 25.6 cm.
Image Size: 14.2 x 19.6 cm.
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