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Title:Sources on early Sierra Leone (12): the livro of the 'Santiago' 1526
Author:Hair, P.E.H.ISNI
Year:1977
Periodical:Africana Research Bulletin
Volume:8
Issue:1
Pages:28-49
Language:English
Geographic term:Sierra Leone
Subject:historical sources
Abstract:In 1969, A. Teixeira da Mota published the livro de armaçao (cargo book or ledger) of the Portuguese ship 'Santiago' for its voyage to Sierra Leone - actually to the Scarcies River - in 1526, and in 1975 the text of the document was published in French translation. An English translation of the sections relevant to Sierra Leone history is supplied in the present article, together with a commentary on Portuguese archival sources in general, and on Portuguese trade on the Sierra Leone coast between the 1460s and the 1560s, in particular the activities of the Santiago' which, on the voyage in question, were concentrated on the purchase of slaves. Notes.
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