A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, Divided Into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory CoastsSir Alfred Jones, 1705 - 493 pages Twenty-two letters by merchants of the Dutch West India Company; the first twenty are by Willem Bosman, and the last two by David van Nyendael and Jan Snoek. A small part of letter 18 and a substantial portion of letter 19 deals with the slave-trade; also some scattered notices about this subject elsewhere in the text |
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A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea: Divided Into the Gold ... Willem Bosman Affichage d'extraits - 1967 |
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Acra almoſt alſo amongst Anſwer Aquamboe Ardra aſked Aſſiſtance aſſure Axim becauſe believe Benin beſides beſt betwixt Canoa Cape Lopez cauſed Cloaths cloſe Coaſt Commanians confiderable conſequently Country Courſe Cuſtom defire deſcribed Deſcription deſigned diſcover Elephants Elmina English eſpecially eſteemed Europeans falſe Fida firſt Fiſh fome foon forts Fruit Gabon Gold Coast hath Houſe impoſſible In-land Inhabitants Iſland juſt King King's Land laſt leaſt leſs manner Maſters Miles moſt muſt neceſſary Negroes obliged obſerved occaſion paſs paſſed paſt Perſon pleaſe Pleaſure poſſible preſent puniſh reaſon Reſpect reſt River ſame ſay ſcarce ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſeized ſeldom ſelf ſelves ſend ſent ſerve Sestre ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhaped ſhe ſhew Ships Shoar ſhoot ſhort ſhould ſince ſituate Slaves ſmall Snake ſome ſomething ſometimes ſomewhat ſpeak ſtand ſtay ſtrong ſuch ſuffer ſufficient ſure themſelves theſe thoſe Trade Trees uſe Village viſited Wherefore whole whoſe Wives