(AFRICA) Le Grand Roi Mono Motapa

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(AFRICA.) Le Grand Roi Mono-Motapa. Copper engraving 10- 1/4x6- 7/8 inches, an ovoid portrait with long caption in French beneath; under this is a small armorial device that has been hand-tinted. Paris, circa 1750

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In 1440, the empire of Monomotapa was under the leadership of the fierce and awesome King Mutato, or "Mutato the Great." His vast empire had been developed by Vakarang immigrants who were invaders. The Monomotapa Empire covered what is known today as Rhodesia, Kalahara, Mozambique, and into Transvaal in South Africa.