Inhabitants of Madagascar in 1800.

Madagascar, Inhabitants, Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche,
Inhabitants of Madagascar in 1800

Inhabitants of Madagascar in 1840.

Source: “Full Peoples Gallery in images of all nations” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meissen, 1840.

Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785 -1863) was a German bookseller, publisher and writer.

Illustration, damasks, ornament
Note:  A Lendu woman from Uganda.

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