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    Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo (1621–1678) was an Italian Capuchin missionary noted for his travels in 17th century Portuguese Angola and his...
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    Capuchin priests, Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo and Antonio Gaeta da Napoli, who resided in her court from 1658 until her death (Cavazzi presided at her...
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    Nimi's domain and Mbata), according to traditions recorded by Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo in the mid 17th century. His given name was that of his mother...
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  • prelate Giovanni Antonio Astorch (died 1567), Italian Roman Catholic prelate Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, known as Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo...
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    include those written by the Italian Capuchin missionary Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo. Traditions about the foundation changed over time, depending...
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  • supplements the material in Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo's Istorica descrizione, printed in 1687. Largo Girolamo da Montesarchio in Rome commemorates...
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    Iron metallurgy in the Kingdom of Kongo by Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo (circa 1650)....
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  • trans.) Evangelical Missions to the Kingdom of Kongo by Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, 1665. Translation published on internet, presently at...
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    fol 28. Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, Istorica Descrizeione de tre regni Congo, Matamba ed Angola (Bologna, 1687) Book 5, nos. 53-57. Giovanni Antonio...
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  • as citations from well-known 17th-century writers such as Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo. In 1928–29, Cuvelier took advantage of his position as inspector...
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    Raffia fibers being traded to a Kongo nobleman by Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo (circa. 1650)...
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    (Amsterdam:: Ian Lanß Boeckwerkoper) September 1628, fol. 107v. Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, Istorica Descrizeione de tre regni Congo, Matamba ed Angola...
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  • Congo, Matamba et Angola) is an extensive work written by Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, an Italian Capuchin missionary, over a long period while...
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    political events, and religious observations. Finally, Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, whose long book of 1687 was often quoted, cited and translated...
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