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Sketches taken During Ten Voyages to Africa

Code: 10141

Sketches taken During Ten Voyages to Africa, Between the Years 1786 and 1800; Including Observations on the country Between Cape Palmas and the River Congo; and Cursory remarks on the Physical and Moral Character of the Inhabitants with an Appendix, containing an Account of the European trade with the West Coast of Africa

FIRST EDITION, folding map of the coast of Guinea from Cape Palmas to Calabar and a sketch map of Melemba, title + [vi] + 120 pages, last blank (small library stamp on verso of title), original boards, uncut, rebacked with paper spine, new paper label letter-piece,The appendix contains a list of goods suitable to barter for, gold and ivory on the Gold Coast and also detailed information on the various districts and methods used in business transactions.