The imagery of sight
The author uses the imagery of sight to describe the Indian woman in relation to the Italian Traveler Giro-Lamo Benzoni.
"Then came an Indian woman … Such a woman as I have never before nor since seen the like of; so my eyes could not be satisfied with looking at her for wonder…."
The description of the Indian woman in the above imagery portrays her as attractive and appealing, contrary to the initial sentiments of other English writers who paint her as ugly. This imagery of sight helps the reader to have a second opinion regarding the black woman as he reads the story.
The imagery of smell
The author has used the 'aroma of apples' to appeal the sense of smell to the reader.
"Other images of monstrous races, such as the headless Euaipanonoma, the one-footed Sciopods, and the Astomi who lived in the aroma of apples, slowly vanished from Europe's imagined America and Africa." (Page 23)
The sense of smell that appeals to the reader using this imagery is vital in promoting critical understanding to view monstrous races from two or more perspectives. The smell of apples is not permanent perhaps the reader can conclude that there is hope for the black woman to be viewed as human at some point.
Imagery of Sight
As the story progresses, the imagery of sight becomes more prevalent:
"But rather they returned to their ship and on the next day landed a little way distant from there, where they spied some of the wives of those Guineas walking"
The author uses this imagery of sight to give an account of some of the tactics that Portuguese use in catching their slave targets. For instance, spying is one of the strategies used in capturing black women slaves in the African coasts.
The imagery of taste
The imagery of taste has been used by the author to inform the reader about the preference of the people of Sierra Leone.
"The people of Sierra Leone are very greedie easters, and no lesse drinkers, and very lecherous, and thievish, and much addicted to uncleanenesse; one man hath as many wives as hee is able to keepe and maintaine"
From this imagery of sight, it is clear that De Marees believe that the people of Sierra Leon have a big taste for food, alcohol, and women. He states that the they can marry many wives but not able to sustain all of them. Additionally, they are greedy and heavy drinkers.
