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04 April 2021

Book review: The Shell Money of the Slave Trade (1986) by Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson, *****

Synopsys This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried fro...

29 December 2019

Visita a Madeira

Alcuni membri del Brussels Wine Club sono stati in visita a Madeira, e naturalmente ne hanno approfittato per andare a trovare alcuni p...

13 December 2019

Cantina Pereira d'Oliveiras, Funchal, Madeira, Portogallo

Accogliente Luis Pereira d’Oliveiras nella cantina che la famiglia gestisce dal 1850. Il padre Anibal, figura storica dell’isola, li ha las...

20 February 2018

Macau

Morning around town. M useum of the city, today entrance is free, lucky us. We can learn about the h istory of Macau, a mix of Chinese and ...

05 January 2014

30. - 5 Jan.: Bartolomeu Dias, Indian food and vintage music at Mossel Bay

Authorized copy In the morning we head down to town. It's a grey, cloudy Sunday morning, and Mossel Bay is virtually deserted. It is ...

11 July 2001

Book review: The Slave Trade, 1440-1870 (1999), by Hugh Thomas, *****

Synopsis After many years of research, Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. The Atlantic sla...

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