A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts. Containing a geographical, political and natural history of the kingdoms and countries: with a particular account of the rife, progress, and present condition of all the European settlements upon that coast; and the just measures for improving the several branches of the Guinea trade. Illustrated with several cuts. Written originally in Dutch by William Bosman, chief factor for the Dutch at the Castle of St. George d'Elmina. And now faithfully done into English. To which is prefix'd, an exact map of the whole coast of Guinea, that was not in the original.
- Bosman, Willem.
- Date:
- MDCCXXI. [1721]
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About this work
Also known as
Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slave- Kust. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Knapton, D. Midwinter, B. Lintot, G. Strahan, J. Round, and E. Bell, MDCCXXI. [1721]
Physical description
[8], 456 [i.e.432], [16] p., plates : map ; 80.
Contributors
Edition
The second edition.
References note
ESTC T144034
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.