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    Olfert Dapper. Among other things, the book contains a rare description of the Kingdom of Benin which explicitly mentions the Benin Bronzes. Dapper never...
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  • Description of Africa (1668 book) by Olfert Dapper, published in Dutch This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Description of...
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    plants. Dapper was buried on 29 December 1689 in Amsterdam. Dapper's book Description of Africa is an important text for Africanists. In Amsterdam, the street...
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  • Benin Moat (redirect from Walls of Benin)
    of the world's largest man-made structures by length, second only to China's Great Wall. It was described by Olfert Dapper in his book Description of...
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    beautiful and large as Haarlem. "Olfert Dapper, a Dutch writer, describing Benin in his book Description of Africa (1668) ". Its craft was the most adored...
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  • Dapper Dan (designer) (born 1944), African-American fashion designer and haberdasher Daniel Day Dapper Dan The Magnetic Man, a 1950s era toy "Dapper Dan"...
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    visitors of the first half of the seventeenth century left a detailed description of Loango's religion, especially as reported by Olfert Dapper. They noted...
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    Benin Bronzes (category African sculptures in the British Museum)
    pictures of their war exploits and battles, and are kept very clean." Olfert Dapper, a Dutch writer, describing Benin in his book Description of Africa (1668)...
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    werewolf was Werewolf of London in 1935. The main werewolf of this film is a dapper London scientist who retains some of his style and most of his human features...
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  • Francesco (1746). Nuovo dizionario scientifico e curioso sacro-profano. p. 241. Dapper, Olfert (1686). Naukeurige Beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Gewesten. Amsterdam...
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    Aurochs (redirect from African Aurochs)
    D.A.; De Dapper, M.; Mees, F.; Claes, W. & Darnell, J.C. (2011). "First evidence of Pleistocene rock art in North Africa: securing the age of the Qurta...
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  • Sterling St. Jacques (category African-American male models)
    proud to make black people see they can be doing this kind of work," he said. Handsome and dapper, St. Jacques attracted men and women. He had a highly publicized...
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    Dismemberment (category Articles with short description)
    Life of St. Columban, by the Monk Jonas (7th Century), paragraph 58 *Dapper, Olfert (1670). Umbstaendliche und eigentliche Beschreibung von Africa. Amsterdam:...
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    Nkisi (category Animism in Africa)
    by Dutch visitors to Loango, the current territory of Cabinda, in the 1668 book Description of Africa as referring both to a material item and the spiritual...
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    paintings. Olfert Dapper revealed four grand gateways which led to several halls and chambers in the Mutapa palace. The ceilings of the rooms in the palace...
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    Aterian (category History of North Africa)
    F; Geerts, A; Vanderbeken, T; De Dapper, M (2003-08-01). "The Early to Middle Stone Age Transition and the Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour at site 8-B-11...
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  • Meja Mwangi (category Alumni of the University of Leeds)
    [Kill Me Quick] (in French). Translated by Françoise Balogun. Editions Dapper. 2001. ISBN 978-2906067646. Mwangi, Meja, ed. (2002). Descente a River Road...
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  • Ghanaian film poster (category Cinema of Ghana)
    Images: Ghanaian Painted Posters', in: Musée Dapper (ed.), Ghana Yesterday and Today. Paris: Edition Dapper, pp. 353–379. Wendl, Tobias (2004): Filmplakate...
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    mainland trading posts . In his Description of Africa (1668), the humanist Dutch Olfert Dapper gives the etymology of the name given to it by his countrymen...
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  • have all been described as camp, often because of the opulence and winking humour of their personas. Dapper Dan has been credited with introducing high fashion...
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    Barbershop quartet (category Articles with short description)
    Walt Disney theme parks feature a dedicated barbershop quartet called The Dapper Dans (Disney World version pictured). The outfits worn by these performers...
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    investment round in Dapper Labs. In December 2023, GIC acquired Cinven's shares in Miller and became the majority shareholder of UK specialist insurance...
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  • of cruller by etymonline". Online Etymology Dictionary. "dam | Etymology of dam by etymonline". Online Etymology Dictionary. "dapper | Etymology of dapper...
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    Oceanic climate (category Climate of Europe)
    Ritter, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point "EPIC Web Browser", NOAA, on-line ocean observational data collection "NOAA "Dapper In-situ Ocean Data Viewer"...
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    Monconys, Journal des voyages (1665) Olfert Dapper, Description de l'Afrique (1665), note the two different displays of the Sphinx. Cornelis de Bruijn, Reizen...
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    Lenora Crichlow (category English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent)
    Material Girl. In June 2010, she also played the role of Ashley in a BBC Three pilot, Dappers. That same month, Crichlow presented Nelson Mandela: One...
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    characterized by extravagant and dapper fashion choices, has become an emblem of style, self-expression, and identity for the sapeurs of Kinshasa. It has gained...
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    'Dangerous.'". FindArticles.com. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 2010-02-10. Dapper Dan - Michael Jackson | Song Info | AllMusic Dear Michael - Michael Jackson...
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  • The Dresden Files characters (category Lists of literary characters)
    wide cast of characters. The book series was also made into a live-action television series which ran in 2007. Species: Human (Wizard) Description: Private...
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    The Complete Knowledge of the Limits of the Holy Land and Palestine and Syria (Sham). 1677: Olfert Dapper, Precise Description of whole Syria, and Palestine...
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