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
+Pigafetta+, quoted, x, 14, 42, 74, 122. _See_ also Lopez.
+Pimental+, quoted, 16
+Pina+, Ruy de, quoted, 104, 108
+Pinda.+ _See_ Mpinda.
+Pinto+, Serpo, quoted, 17
+Pirates+, 170, 175
+Piri+, the lowland of Luangu, inhabited by the Bavili.
+Pitta+, Antonio Gonçalves, 121, 159
+Plata+, Rio de la, 4
+Plymouth+, departure, 2
+Poison+ ordeals, 59, 61, 73, 80
+Pongo+ (Mpunga), an ivory trumpet, 15, 21, 33, 47, 86
+Pontes+, Vicente Pegado de, 175
+Portuguese+ knowledge of inner Africa, xv;
massacre of Portuguese in Angola, 145;
in Kongo, 105
+Poultry+, 63
+Prata+, Serra da, the supposed “silver mountain” near Kambambe, 27
+Prazo+, Porto do, the bay of the Kongo.
+Prohibitions.+ _See_ Tabu.
+Proyart+, quoted, 64
+Pumbeiros+ (from _Pumbelu_, hawker), in Kongo, the country of the
Avumbu, the trading district about Stanley Pool is known as
Mpumbu (Bentley). _See_ p. 164 for “Shoeless Pumbeiros.”
+Punga+, an ivory trumpet. _See_ Pongo.
+Purchas+, as editor, xi
+Pungu a ndongo+, 9.7 S., 15.5. E., 143, 178
+Pygmies+, 59
+Quadra+, Gregòrio de, 116
+Quelle+ (Kuilu), river, 4.5 S., 11.7 E., 52
+Quesama.+ _See_ Kisama.
+Queimados+, serras, “burnt mountains” (D. Lopez), about 6.9 S.,
15.3 E.
+Quesanga+, a fetish, 24
+Qui-.+ _See_ Ki.
+Quigoango.+ _See_ Kinkwango.
+Quina+ (Kina), sepulture, 166
+Quiôa.+ _See_ Kiowa.
+Quisama.+ _See_ Kisama.
+Quimbebe+ of D. Lopez, I believe ought to have been spelt Quimbēbe
(pron. Kimbembe), and to be identical with Cavazzi’s wide district
of Bembe (Mbembe). Its king, Matama, may have been the Matima
(Mathemo) near whose Kilombo Queen Nzinga was defeated, p. 166.
The Beshimba, or Basimba (Nogueira, _A raça negra_, 1881, p. 98)
have nothing to do with this Kimbembe, but may have given origin
to the Cimbebasia of the missionaries. _See_ Bembe.
+Quingi.+ _See_ Kinti.
+Quinguego+ (D. Lopez). _See_ Kingengo.
+Rafael+, king of Kongo, 130, 131, 137
+Raft+, built by Battell, 41
+Rain-making+ in Luangu, 46
+Rangel+, D. Miguel Baptista, bishop, 122
+Rapozo+, Luiz Mendes, 147
+Rebello+, Pedro Alvares, 154
+Resende+, Garcia de, quoted, 104, 108
+Revenue+, administrative reforms, 169
+Ribeiro+, Christovão, Jesuit, 118
+Ribeiro+, Gonçalo Rodrigues, 111
+Rimba+, district, 11.5 S., 14.5 E., 180
+Rio de Janiero+, 6.
“+Roebuck+,” voyage of, 89
+Rolas+, Ilheo das, islet off S. Thomé, 3
+Roza+, José de, 186
+Sá+, Diogo Rodrigo de, 129
+Sá+, Salvador Corrêa de, governor of Rio, 90, 93
+Sá de Benevides+, Salvador Corrêa de, 174, 189
+Sabalo+, inland town S.-E., of Sela (D. Lopez).
+Sakeda+, mbanza in Lubolo, 180
+Salag+, mani, 50. Dennett suggests _Salanganga_, Rev. Tho. Lewis
_Salenga_.
+Salaries+ of officials in 1607, 163
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