Lord of the Kongo  -  Peter Forbath

a novel

KORTE INHOUD

A decade before Columbus set sail for the New World, Portuguese explorers seeking a route around the southern tip of Africa to the Indies discovered the Kongo. To their astonishment, the vast, rich land, many times bigger than Portugal, was ruled by a fierce warrior tribe, highly sophisticated and wealthy enough to scorn the trade goods the Portuguese had brought with them for barter with the natives and as presents to their chiefs.
Based on real historical events, Lord of the Kongo is the story of a young P...
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1996 Uitgever: Simon & Schuster 510 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0684809516 ISBN-13: 9780684809519