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. Illus. with several cutts. Written originally in Dutch by Willem Bosman ... 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. [electronic resource]

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Bosman, Willem [Browse]
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Book
Language
French
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London, J. Knapton [etc.] 1705.
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4 p., ., 493, [16] p. front., (fold. map) plates, 20 cm.

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  • Original is gift of Sidney Lapidus, Class of 1959, to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.: Digital content
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Digital reproduction of original privately owned by Sid Lapidus, Class of 1959. Scanned by the Princeton University Library Digital Studio during 2012-2013.
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Electronic reproduction. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Library, 2012. Forms part of: The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution.
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