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 Rise, 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 cutts. 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:
- 1705
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Also known as
Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slave-Kust. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for James Knapton, at the Crown, and Dan. Midwinter, at the Rose and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1705.
Physical description
[8],360p.,361-368leaves,369-493,[19]p.,plates : map ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T114282
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.