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A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory coasts
- Title
- A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory coasts : written originally in Dutch by William Bosman.
- Author
- Bosman, Willem
- Publication
- [London] : Printed for Sir Alfred Jones by Ballantyne and Co. Limited at the Ballantyne Press, London, MCMVII. [1907]
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- Description
- [14], 493, [19] pages, [8] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Uniform Title
- Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slave-kust. English. 1907
- Alternative Title
- Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slave-kust. 1907
- Subjects
- Note
- "... a facsimile of the edition printed in 1705."--Note, page [5], first count.
- "With the compliments of Elder, Dempster & Co. Liverpool: MCMVII."--page [2], first count.
- Translation of: Nauwkeurige beschryving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slave-kust.
- Includes index.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Call Number
- Sc 916.65-B (Bosman, W. New and accurate description of the coast of Guinea. 1907)
- OCLC
- 21730202
- NYPGR21730202-B
- Author
- Bosman, Willem, author.
- Title
- A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory coasts : written originally in Dutch by William Bosman.
- Publisher
- [London] : Printed for Sir Alfred Jones by Ballantyne and Co. Limited at the Ballantyne Press, London, MCMVII. [1907]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.65-B (accession no. B511698) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Local Note
- Autographed presentation copy from Sir Alfred Jones to Sir Edward Richardson.
- Added Author
- Jones, Alfred Lewis, Sir, 1845-1909, publisher.James Ballantyne and Co., printer.Elder, Dempster & Co., distributor.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 916.65-B (Bosman, W. New and accurate description of the coast of Guinea. 1907)