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A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, [electronic resource] : divided into the Gold...

A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, [electronic resource] : divided into the Gold...

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A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, [electronic resource] : 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. .

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A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, [electronic resource] : 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. .

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Publisher

London : printed for J. Knapton, D. Midwinter, B. Lintot, G. Strahan, J. Round, and E. Bell, MDCCXXI. [1721]

Uniform title

Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slave- Kust. English.

Date

MDCCXXI. [1721]

Record Identifier

74Vv4E4e8Oa3

MMS ID

991015513439702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[8], 456 [i.e.432], [16] p., plates : map ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for J. Knapton, D. Midwinter, B. Lintot, G. Strahan, J. Round, and E. Bell, MDCCXXI. [1721]

Edition

The second edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCXXI. [1721]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, [electronic resource] : 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...

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Notes

General note

bL record enhanced from nNNUT copy.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

The first part ends on p.185; the verso of p.185 is numbered 210 and reads 'A description of the gold coast of Guinea .. Part II.'.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74Vv4E4e8Oa3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4E4e8Oa3

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MMS ID

991015513439702626