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Angola 1575-1648
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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles Current CIA World Factbook : Angola; BBC Country Profile : Angola; World Reference Desk : Angola; Art and Life in Africa : Angola
Angola Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford
Library of Congress, Country Studies : Angola
Country Profile : Angola, from ISS
Entry Angola, from EISA Web Encyclopedia
Entry Angola, from Encyclopedia of Nations
Angola Profile, from International Crisis Group
Historical F. de Andrade Leitao, Discurso politico sobre o se auer de largar a coroa de Portugal, Angola, S. Thome, & Maranhao, : exclamado aos altos, & poderosos estados de Olanda 1642, in Portuguese, IA
G.A. Cavazzi, Istorica descrittione de' tre regni Congo, Matamba, et Angola : situati nell'Etiopia inferiore occidentale e delle missioni apostoliche esercitateui da religiosi Capuccini 1690. in Italian, IA
G.A. Pery, Geographia e estatistica geral de Portugal e colonias, com um atlas (1875) in Portuguese, posted on Internet Archive
M. Ferreira Ribeiro, Descripçao physiographica da Provincia de Angola 1904, in Portuguese, IA
Links General
on History
Organizations
Historical Dictionaries
Timelines Timeline, from BBC News; from timelines.ws
Accounts of History Modern History of Angola, from newafrica.com, 3 chapters
History : from the origins to independence, from Netangola
Historical V.G. de Cavalho e Menezes, Apontamentos para a historia d'Angola 1882, in Portuguese, IA
Specific Periods
Politics Political Resources on the Net : Angola
For the Record : Angola, from UN Human Rights System
Military Wars of Angola, 1800-1999, from ACED
A. Leao, M. Rupiya, A military history of the Angolan Armed Forces from the 1960s onwards - as told by former combatants, ch. 1, in M. Rupiya (ed.), Evolutions and Revolutions, A Contemporary History of Militaries in Southern Africa, ISS 2005
J.A.A. Roçadas, Conferencia sobre o sul de Angola a proposito das operaçoes militares no Cuamato, 1908, in Portuguese, IA
Economy & Finances Global Currency History : Angola; Tables of Modern Monetary History : Africa, from www.dollarization.org, scroll down for Angola
J. Cilliers, Chr. Dietrich, Angola's War Economy. The Role of Oil and Diamonds (ISS 2000)
Social History Worldwide Refugee Information : Angola, from U.S. Committee for Refugees
Angola, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Ethnography Languages of Angola (41), from Ethnologue
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Angola
J. de Oliveira Ferreira Diniz, Populaçoes indígenas de Angola, 1918, in Portuguese, IA
J.B.C.B. da Costa Giraul, Ideas geraes sobre a colonizacçao europeia da provincia de Angola : memoria 1901, IA
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Angola, from Kirken i Norge
Angola, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
Patron Saint Index : Angola
History of Regions
Local History
Institutions Angola, from Airline History
Biographies African Women Bibliographic Database
Others

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen World Statesmen : Angola, by Ben Cahoon; Rulers : Angola, by B. Schemmel; Regnal Chronologies : West Africa, scroll down for Angola
Lists of Ambassadors Chinese Ambassadors to Angola, from PRC MOFA
List of Canadian Ambassadors to Angola, from Wikipedia
Lists of Consuls
Lists of Bishops
Population Figures Historical Population Statistics, Angola, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer
Exchange Rates Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990
Inflation Rates
Election Results Angola, from Elections around the World
Documents Historical Newspapers History of Angola, from World History Archives
Modern Newspapers
Historical Magazines Search Time Magazine
Search Life Magazine (1936-1972, GB)
Online Yearbooks - Angola Entries
Colonial Administration, Annual Report Relatorio Do Governador Geral Da Provincia de Angola 1867
Audio Collections
Newsreels
Films on History/Society
Image Databanks Systematic Collections
General
Systematic Collections
Specialist
Accidental Collections
Universal Collections
Items on Angola
License plates from Angola, from plaque.free.fr; from License Plates of the World
Airline Timetable Images : Angola
Archival Deposits
Constitutions, Laws List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Angola, from ILO, 33 docs. since 1976
Treaties General Treaty Collections
Bilateral Treaty Collections Peace Agreements Digital Collection : Angola, from United States Institute of Peace
Condiçoens para o contrato dos escravos do reino de Angola, que ha de principiar em 5. de janeiro de 1760, 1758, in Portuguese, IA
Document Surveys Information by Country : Angola, from U.S. Committee for Refugees, 14 reports 1999-2002
Document Collections A. de Saldanha da Gama, Memoria sobre as colonias de Portugal : situadas na costa occidental d'Africa : mandada ao governo pelo antigo governador e capiao general do reino de Angola, em 1814 : precida de um discurso preliminar, augmentada de alguns additamentos e notas 1839, in Portuguese, IA
Trou-hertighe onderrichtinge, aen alle hooft participanten, en lief-hebbers vande geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie. Nopende het open stellen vanden handel op de cust van Africa, namentlijck, St. Thome, Guinea, Angola, St. Paulo de Loando, mitsgaders de Marignian, Nieu Nederlant ende West-Indien 1643, in Dutch, IA
B. Rustin, C. Gershman, Africa, Soviet imperialism and the retreat of American power, 1978, IA, (Pamphlet on the civil war in Angola from the mid-1970s)
Historical Maps responsible institutions Angolan Geographical and Cadastral Institute National Mapping Agencies in Africa
collections : Africa Historical Maps of Africa, University of Alabama
collections : Angola Angola Maps, PCL, UTexas
Atlas of Angola, Wikimedia Commons
B.E, Zsombor, The Manuscript Maps of Angola by Magyar Laszlo and the Cholnoky Map Collection of Cluj ICACI 2009
David Rumsey Map Collection : Angola
Africa, Modern Africa 1905, 1912, 1938, 1959, 1967, 1993, J. de Salas Vara del Rey
Africa, Contemporary Historical Map of Africa 1885, Nations Online Project
Africa 1885, PCL, UTexas
Africa 1909, World Maps Online
Africa 1910, Emerson Kent
Africa 1913, Zonu
Angola, Modern
Angola, contemporary R. de Lannoy de Bissy, Carte de l'Afrique a l'echelle de 1:2 000 000 43. St. Paul de Loanda 1883, 43. St. Paul de Loanda 1885, 43. St. Paul de Loanda 1894, 44. Kabebe 1884, 44. Kabebe 1885, 44. Kabebe 1895, 48. Mossamedes 1883, 48. Mossamedes 1889, 48. Mossamedes 1894, 49. Linyanti 1883, 49. Linyanti 1889, 49. Linyanti 1894, Gallica
Africa 1:2.000.000, U.S. Army Map Service, sheets 26 Kinshasa (1978), 27 Lumumbashi (1969), 29 Benguela (1968), 30 Lusaka (1970), PCL, UTexas
Angola 1906, 1932, Probert Encyclopedia
Detail, Modern
Detail, Contemporary
Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
General Article Angola, from EB 1911
Religious Article Angola and Congo, Diocesis of, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907 edition
Economic Angola pp.353-355 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
Geographical
Ethnographical
Historical
Parliamentary Debates
Travelogues The strange adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh, in Angola and the adjoining regions 1901 (narrative from the late 16th century), IA
Z. Taurinius, Travels through the interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco; in Caffraria, the Kingdoms of Mataman, Angola, Massi, Monoemugi, Muschako, Bahahara, Wangara, Haoussa, & c., &c. and thence through the desert of Sahara and the north of Barbary to Morocco. Between the years 1781 and 1797, 1801, IA
M. Ferreira Ribeiro, As conferencias e o itinerario do viajante Serpa Pinto atravez das terras da Africa austral no limites das provincias de Angola e Moçambique, 1879, in Portuguese, IA
Daniël Veth's reizen in Angola, voorafgegaan door eene schets van zijn leven, 1887, in Dutch, IA
J.C. Baron Statham, Through Angola, a coming colony 1922, IA
Institutions Archives
Musea
Monuments
Libraries National Libraries of Africa : Angola
National Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms from International Civic Heraldry
National Anthems, Angola, from National Anthems, from David's National Anthem Reference Page
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Angola, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Angolan coins from Collections of Coins, bilingual Russian and English page
Search Coin Archives for Angola
Stamps Angola Stamps 1870-1914, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general Search ISBN Database
on Angola survey of bibliographies
bibliographic database AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature, African Women, Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa
African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography
general bibliographies pp.91-166 in P.M. Martin, Historical Dictionary of Angola, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1980 [G]
pp.189-228 in W.M. James, Historical Dictionary of Angola, Lanham MD : Scarecrow 2004 [G]
annual bibliographies
specialist bibliographies Bibliographie de l'Archeologie de l'Afrique Centrale : Angola
G.M. Asher, A bibliographical and historical essay on the Dutch books and pamphlets relating to New-Netherland, and to the Dutch West-India company and to its possessions in Brazil, Angola, etc. 1854, IA
serial publications
general bibliographies
Angola entries
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica
Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language)
Angola-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
booksellers
Online Libraries general Google Books; Internet Archives; Gutenberg Library Online; HathiTrust; Gallica
International Boundary Studies
on Angola Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL), African Digital Library (ADL)
Biblioteca Digital, Memorias de Africa e do Oriente
Online Journals full text online African e-Journals Project, Journal Directory
Journal of Namibian Studies
General Accounts Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.28, pp.874-880 Article Southern Africa : Angola. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.128
Specific Topics Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Angola, pp.69-73
Historical Dictionaries Phyllis M. Martin, Historical Dictionary of Angola, Metuchen N.J. : Scarecrow 1980 [G]
W.M. James, Historical Dictionary of Angola, Lanham MD : Scarecrow 2004 [G]
Terry M. Mays, Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping, Lanham Md : Scarecrow 1996 [G]
Articles : Cabinda pp.99-101, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G]