AFRICA. P.S. and L.A.S., 1901-1905; 8 and 4pages in-4. Lastoursville [Gabon] January 11, 1901. P.S. from Lieutenant Rouyer, regional administrator. Instructions concerning the Cercle du Haut-Ogoué, and the company's relations with the Okandais and Adoumas paddlers, the latter's complaints, the method of recruiting and paying workers, pirogue service, etc. Ayémé [Gabon] January 21, 1905. Letter from G. Labouyère to the Bordeaux trader Lamaignère (stamped envelope), on the exploitation of the equatorial forest in search of raw materials, along the Komo valley and in the Cristal mountains... Cannibalism: "I hear that 5 Europeans have been killed and eaten, which is what is in store for us from one day to the next. They'll make a bad deal with me because I'm very skinny"...
Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
AFRICA. P.S. and L.A.S., 1901-1905; 8 and 4pages in-4.
Lastoursville [Gabon] January 11, 1901. P.S. from Lieutenant Rouyer, regional administrator. Instructions concerning the Cercle du Haut-Ogoué, and the company's relations with the Okandais and Adoumas paddlers, the latter's complaints, the method of recruiting and paying workers, pirogue service, etc.
Ayémé [Gabon] January 21, 1905. Letter from G. Labouyère to the Bordeaux trader Lamaignère (stamped envelope), on the exploitation of the equatorial forest in search of raw materials, along the Komo valley and in the Cristal mountains... Cannibalism: "I hear that 5 Europeans have been killed and eaten, which is what is in store for us from one day to the next. They'll make a bad deal with me because I'm very skinny"...
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