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West Africa, Kingdom of Ardra Gentleman,1797

Gentilhomme du Royaume d'Aardra. Gentleman of the Kingdom of Aardra. Great Ardra was a coastal West African kingdom in what is now southern Benin. It was named for its capital, the modern Allada, which was also the main city and major port of the realm. The city and kingdom were supposedly founded by a group of Aja migrants from Tado, a settlement along the Mono River, in the 12th or 13th century. Its kings ruled with the consent of the elders of the people. The state reached the peak of its power in the 16th and early 17th centuries, when it was an important source of slaves for the Atlantic trade. Costumes of Different Countries, hand-tinted engraving by Labrousse, published by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, 1797.

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Title: West Africa, Kingdom of Ardra Gentleman,1797

Caption: Gentilhomme du Royaume d'Aardra. Gentleman of the Kingdom of Aardra. Great Ardra was a coastal West African kingdom in what is now southern Benin. It was named for its capital, the modern Allada, which was also the main city and major port of the realm. The city and kingdom were supposedly founded by a group of Aja migrants from Tado, a settlement along the Mono River, in the 12th or 13th century. Its kings ruled with the consent of the elders of the people. The state reached the peak of its power in the 16th and early 17th centuries, when it was an important source of slaves for the Atlantic trade. Costumes of Different Countries, hand-tinted engraving by Labrousse, published by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, 1797.

Personalities: BÉNIN (16th century)

Credit: Album / Science Source / Los Angeles County Museum

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Image size: 3175 × 4800 px | 43.6 MB

Print size: 26.9 × 40.6 cm | 1250.0 × 1889.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1797 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • ALLADA • ARDRA • BÉNIN • CLOTHING • COLONIAL AFRICA • COSTUME • GENTLEMAN • GREAT ARDRA • HISTORY • JACQUES GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR • KINGDOM OF AARDRA • KINGDOM OF ARDRA • LABROUSSE • NATIVE AFRICAN • NATIVE DRESS • TRADITIONAL • TRIBE • WEST AFRICA • XVIII CENTURY