Sujet

Tippu Tib (Hamed bin Mohamed el Marjebi) (1837-1905)

Légende

Tippu Tib (Hamed bin Mohamed el Marjebi) (1837-1905). Swahili slave trader and governor. Between 1876 and 1877 he accompanied Henry Morton Stanley on an expedition along the Congo River. Engraving by W. Meyer. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados (The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration), by Henry M. Stanley. Edited in Barcelona, ca.1890. Spain.

Date

02 juil. 2018

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG22A72_414

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37,1Mo (1,8Mo) / 25,0cm x 37,2cm / 2953 x 4390 (300dpi)

Mots clés

slave trader 19th century 20th century Africa African Arabic calligraphy Congo Hamed bin Mohamed el Marjebi Henry Morton Stanley Swahili Tippu Tib W. Meyer Arab beard black race calligraphy Contemporary Age engraving expedition explorer governor history illegal trade ivory man merchant portrait ruler slave trader