The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining RegionsBattell, Andrew
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The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions
Battell, Andrew
Angola -- Discovery and exploration; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Discovery and exploration
+Geographical+ explorers. _See_ Aragão, Brito, Castro, Girolamo,
of Montesarchio, Herder, Murça, Pacheco, Quadra and Roza:
also pp. 119, 129
+Germanus+, Henricus Martellus, his map, 107
+Giaghi+, an Italian mode of spelling Jagas.
+Giannuario+ of Nola, capuchin, 127
+Gimbo Amburi.+ _See_ Njimbu a mbuji.
+Gimdarlach+, a German miner, 115
+Gindes+ (Njinda), a name by which the Jaga are known, 19, 150
+Giovanni Francisco+ of Valença, a capuchin, 126
+Gipsies+ in Angola, 2, 10
+Giribuma+, or Giringbomba, inland tribe. Perhaps the Buma, 3.0 S.,
16.5 E.
+Girolamo+ of Montesarchio, a capuchin, 125, 126
+Glo-Amb Coambu+, supposed name of the capital of Angola, 142 _n._
Rev. Tho. Lewis suggests Kwambu, or Kiambu.
+Goats+, 63
+Goes+, Damian de, quoted, 112, 113, 116
+Goes+, João Braz de, 182
+Goiva+, D. Antonio de, bishop, 122
+Gola.+ _See_ Ngola.
+Gold+, 20, 131, 179
+Golungo.+ _See_ Ngulungu.
+Gomba.+ _See_ Ngombe
+Gomez+, Luiz, 123
+Gonçalves.+ _See_ Alvares, 169
+Gonga caanga+ (Ngonga kaanga), chief of Nsela, 180
+Gongha+ (Ngonga), original name of Kasanje Kakinguri (Cavazzi,
773).
+Gongo a mboa+ (Ngongo a mbwa), supposed old name of Pungu-a-Ndongo,
143 _n._
+Gongo+ (Ngongo), a double bell, 20
+Gongon+, 38, on road from S. Salvador to Mbata. Perhaps _Gongo_
(_Ngongo_), on the Kongo railway, 5.3 S., 14.8 E. Rev. Tho. Lewis
suggests _Kongo dia Mbata_, 38
+Gonsa+, or Gunza, river, of Battell, 26, is the Kwanza.
+Gorilla+, 54, 57.
+Gouvea+, Francisco de, 120, 143
+Gouvea+, Antonio Gomez de, 173
+Ground-nuts+, 67
+Guerra preta+, “black warriors,” _i.e._, the native militia.
+Guerreira+, a Jesuit, 150, 154, 159
+Gulta+, Ngulta, (D. Lopez), town S. W. of Masanganu.
+Gumbiri+, fetish. _See_ Ngumbiri.
+Gunga bamba+ (Ngunga mbamba), chief in Lubulo, 180
+Gunza+, (Ngunza), on Pigafetta’s map a town S. of the river Longa,
is undoubtedly Kangunze of Nsela.
+Gunza a gombe+, (Ngunza a ngombe), a soba in Ndongo, 164
+Güssfeld+, quoted, 58, 104
+Guzambamba+ (Ngunza a mbamba), soba in Hako, 10.3 S., 15.3 E., 180
+Hako+ (Oacca), country, 10.4 S., 15.5 E., 166, 180
+Hamba+ (Va-umba, or Umba) river, 8.0 S., 17.0 E., 141
+Hambo.+ _See_ Huambo.
+Hary+, a district. _See_ Ari.
+Henrique+, the Cardinal-King of Portugal, 111, 114, 145
+Henrique+, King of Kongo, 119, 136
+Henriques+, Rodrigo de Miranda, 189
+Herder+, Johan, 126
+Hiambo.+ _See_ Huambo.
+Hindersen+, Jeems, 171
+Hippopotami+, 64
+Hippopotamus Island+, 120, the Ilha dos cavalhos marinhos of
the Portuguese, wrongly translated Isola Cavalli, or “Horse
Island,” by Pigafetta. Perhaps identical with Battell’s
Calabes Island. A “Hippopotamus Island” figures in the charts,
12.9 E.
+Hobley+, quoted, 202, 206
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