File:16th century cannibalism.png

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Sale of human flesh in the late 16th century. Engraving by Theodor de Bry illustrating Filippo Pigafetta's Report of the Kingdom of Congo, which contains the oldest known account of cannibalism in Central Africa.

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English: Engraving of a African butcher's shop by Théodore de Bry.
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Source Engraving by Théodore de Bry. The illustration originally accompanied Philip Pigafetta's 1598 Regnum Congo. Source: Thomas H. Huxley, Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (New York: Appleton, 1863), 69.
Author Théodore de Bry

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