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Title

Africa's Gold Coast through Portuguese sources, 1469-1680 / edited by Kwasi Konadu.

Publication

• Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
• ©2022

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Additional Authors

• Konadu, Kwasi
• British Academy, sponsoring body.

Description

lv, 396 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

The Portuguese produced the earliest records for regions in West Africa, none more important than the Gold Coast. This edited volume provides a unique collection of sources written in Portuguese, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish for Africa's Gold Coast, from the late 15th to 17th century. Students, scholars, and professionals with an avid interest in early modern African, Atlantic, and world history will benefit from the English translations, many appearing for the first time. These sources add to the handful of existing translations, but especially illuminate the late 15th to 17th century relations between the Portuguese empire and the Gold Coast and offer comparative materials for other European interlocutors--Spanish, French, English, and Dutch--garrisoned on the coast or offshore in their vessels. Over that concentrated period, and especially where no other European-supplied records exist, these uncomprehending Portuguese outsiders archived important local ideas, personalities, polities, and cultural forms animating Gold Coast-Portuguese relations.

Series Statement

Fontes historiae Africanae = Sources in African history ; 22

Uniform Title

Fontes historiae Africanae ; 22.

Subject

• To 1699
• Diplomatic relations
• Portuguese colonies
• Commerce
• Ghana > History > To 1500 > Sources
• Ghana > History > 16th century > Sources
• Ghana > History > 17th century > Sources
• Portugal > Colonies > Ghana
• Ghana > Foreign relations > Portugal > Sources
• Portugal > Foreign relations > Ghana > Sources
• Ghana > Commerce > Portugal > Sources
• Portugal > Commerce > Ghana > Sources
• Portugal > Colonies > History > Africa > Sources
• Ghana
• Portugal
• Africa

Genre/Form

• History.
• Sources.

Note

• "Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press"--Title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-388) and index.

Contents

• Documents. -- 1. Leasing of the Guinea trade (1469) -- 2. Duarte Pacheco Pereira's view of Mina (1490) -- 3. War between two Mina communities (1490) -- 4. Instructions from King João II to Rui Gil (10/08/1493) -- 5. License for the residents of São Tomé (11/12/1493) -- 6. Manumission of Beatriz Gomes (20/04/1499) -- 7. Residents of the town of São Jorge Da Mina (23/08/1499) -- 8. Gold from São Jorge Da Mina (1500) -- 9. Letter from Dom Manuel to the Factor of Mina (28/09/1501) -- 10. Gold from Mina (1502) -- 11. Letter from Diogo De Alvarenga to King Manuel (18/08/1503) -- 12. Letter from the captain of Mina to King Manuel (22/12/1503) -- 13. Mina Captain António De Miranda De Azevedo to Mina clerk (05/07/1504) -- 14. Accounts of Paio Rodrigues, factor in old cloth in São Jorge Da Mina (07/05/1507) -- 15. Accounts of Aires Botelho, factor at Akyem ('Axim') (16/02/1508) -- 16. List of residents at São Jorge Da Mina (01 /02/1509) -- 17. List of residents and their ration at São Jorge Da Mina (01/03/1509) -- 18. Letter from Pedro Ferreira to King Manuel (05/10/1509) -- 19. Letter from Manuel De Góis to King Manuel (1510) -- 20. Letter from Manuel De Góis to King Manuel (02/01/1510) -- 21. Letter from Manuel De Góis to King Manuel (22/01/1510) -- 22. Accounts of Estêvão Barradas, factor of São Jorge Da Mina (22/03/1510) -- 23. Letter from Manuel De Góis to King Manuel (18/04/1510) -- 24. Letter from Rui Leite, Rui Pinto and Sebastião Colaço to King Manuel (02/09/1510) -- 25. Letter from Manuel De Góis to King Manuel (02/09/1510) -- 26. Officials of the Casa De Guiné to King Manuel concerning São Jorge Da Mina (27/09/1510) -- 27. Instructions from Dom Martinho De Castelo Branco to Álvaro Raposo (26/06/1512) -- 28. Letter from Nuno Vaz De Castelo Branco to King Manuel (07/10/1512?) -- 29. Letter to King Manuel (1512-13) -- 30. Afonso Caldeira to King Manuel about São Jorge Da Mina (02/01/1513) -- 31. Letter from the Factor of Mina, Francisco De Góis, to King Manuel (19/08/1513) -- 32. Letter to King Manuel (18/017/1514) -- 33. Letter from Gonçalo Mealheiro to King Manuel (07/10/1514) -- 34. Accounts of Gonçalo Lopes (17/12/1514) -- 35. Report by Alessandro Zorzi from the city of Venice (1517) -- 36. Letter from Fernão Lopes Correia to the Factor of Mina (20/10/1517) -- 37. Writ for the Brotherhood of the Black Men of Lisbon (18/04/1518) -- 38. Instructions from Fernão Lopes Correia to factor Manuel De Sande (23/04/1518) -- 39. Instructions from Fernão Lopes Correia to factor Manuel De Sande (13/08/1518) -- 40. Letter from Fernão Lopes Correia to King Manuel (08/10/1518) -- 41. King Manuel to António Porto Carreiro, Captain of Arguin (02/12/1518) -- 42. Receipt from Duarte Borges for slaves delivered to him at Arguim (04/01/1519) -- 43. Dispatch from São Tomé officials to the agents of São Jorge Da Mina (17/01/1519) -- 44. Accounts of Gaspar De Villalobos, factor of old cloth in São Jorge Da Mina (06/02/1519) -- 45. Regulations of the commerce of São Tomé (08/02/1519) -- 46. Command by Fernão Lopes Correia, Governor of São Jorge Da Mina (21/03/1519) -- 47. Writ to the Captain and officials of Mina (30/07/1519) -- 48. Instructions from Fernão Correia to the Factor of Mina (26/09/1519) -- 49. Instructions from Fernão Correia to the Factor of Mina (26/09/1519) -- 50. Letter from Duarte Pacheco Pereira to the Factor of Mina (03/10/1519) -- 51. Receipt from Manuel De Sande to factor João De Figueiredo (15/10/1519) -- 52. Instructions from Duarte Pacheco Pereira to the Factor of Mina (20/11/1519) -- 53. Acceptance of slaves by the pilot of the Santa Maria-a-Nova (01/12/1519) -- 54. Letter from King Manuel to the officials of Mina (20/03/1520) -- 55. Instructions to the Factor of Mina (07/05/1520) -- 56. Instructions to the Factor of Mina (08/05/1520) -- 57. Letter from Duarte Pacheco Pereira to the Factor of Mina (08/08/1520) -- 58. Letter from Duarte Pacheco Pereira to the Factor of Mina (08/08/1520) -- 59. Instructions from Duarte Pacheco Pereira to Factor João De Figueiredo (07/01/1521) -- 60. João De Barros, Chronica Do Emperador Clarimundo (1522) -- 61. Royal letter to the Captain of Mina (13/10/1523) -- 62. Writ of confirmation for the convent of Tomar (03/12/1523) -- 63. Nomination of Luís Álvares as Vicar of São Jorge Da Mina (20/02/1524) -- 64. Regulations regarding the Portuguese trade of São Jorge Da Mina and São Tomé (07/02/1529) -- 65. Regulations of the Captain of Mina (08/02/1529) -- 66. Letter from Duarte Roiz to King João III (10/05/1529) -- 67. Letter to Estêvão Da Gama, Captain of Mina (25/06/1529) -- 68. Letter from Fernão De Carvalho to Dom João III (03/06/1530) -- 69. Merchandise delivered by Gonçalo De Campos to the House of Mina treasurer (30/08/1530) -- 70. Bill of lading of Lopo De Pina (17/06/1532) -- 71. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (03/02/1533) -- 72. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (08/02/1533) -- 73. Bill of lading of Lopo De Pina, Factor of São Jorge Da Mina (05/08/1533) -- 74. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (1533/04?) -- 75. Embassy from Mina to Rome (15/02/1535) -- 76. Book of cargo and regulations of the ship Santa Maria Do Cabo (24/04/1535) -- 77. Logbook of the São Cristóvão (05/12/1535) -- 78. Logbook fragment of the São Cristóvão (19/03/1536) -- 79. Letter bestowing the Office of Mina Captain on Manuel De Albuquerque (20/08/1536) -- 80. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (29/08/1536) -- 81. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (26/09/1536) -- 82. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (05/02/1537) -- 83. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (09/02/1537) -- 84. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (05/05/1537) -- 85. Letter to King João III (28/08/1537)
• 86. Writ for the Captains of Mina (22/11/1537) -- 87. Inquisition trial dossier for Graça (17/09/1540) -- 88. Black man from the Malagueta coast appointed as interpreter (30/09/1540) -- 89. Letter to the Factor and Officials of the Houses of India and Mina (23/12/1541) -- 90. Female slave from São Jorge Da Mina accused of offenses against the faith (16/10/1542) -- 91. Letter by Jorge Vaz to King João III (1542) -- 92. Letter from João Gomes Souro to King João III (08/01/1543) -- 93. Letter from Gonçalo Toscano De Almeida, Vicar of Mina, to the King (14/04/1548) -- 94. Letter from the King to Lopo De Sousa, Captain of Mina (12/10/1548) -- 95. Letter from the Captain of Mina to Dona Catarina (03/04/1550) -- 96. Letter to the King regarding the Mina trade (1547-53?) -- 97. King João III to the Count of Castanheira (05/02/1551) -- 98. Letter from Simão Roiz to Dona Catarina (12/04/1557) -- 99. Letter from Francisco Pires to Dona Catarina (17/04/1557) -- 100. Letter from Afonso Gonçalves De Botafogo to Dona Catarina (18/04/1557) -- 101. Letter from Afonso Gonçalves De Botafogo to Dona Catarina (18/04/1557) -- 102. Letter from Francisco Da Costa Pontes (05/08/1564) -- 103. Royal decree ending the Offices of Almoxarife and Registrar of the Supplies (16/05/1566) -- 104. Regulations for the Augustinians who are going to Mina (23/02/1572) -- 105. Information Regarding Mina (29/09/1572) -- 106. Memorandum from Jorge Da Silva to King Dom Sebastião (22/08/1573) -- 107. Proposal for making effective his majesty's regulations regarding goods from Mina (n.d.) -- 108. Letter from Cardinal Alberto to King Filipe about the Mina Trade (25/10/1586) -- 109. Letter from Cardinal Alberto to the King about the fortification of Mina (25/10/1586) -- 110. Events which took place in Mina (1592) -- 111. Letter from the King to the Viceroy of Portugal (24/04/1606) -- 112. Letter from the King to the Viceroy of Portugal (28/08/1606) -- 113. Letter from the King to the Viceroy of Portugal (30/11/1606) -- 114. Memorandum from Dom Estêvão De Faro to the Viceroy (1607) -- 115. Letter from Dom Cristóvão De Melo to the King (05/02/1607) -- 116. Letter from the King to the Viceroy of Portugal (31/05/1607) -- 117. Letter from the King to the Viceroy of Portugal (31/05/1607) -- 118. Ecclesiastical Administrator of Mina (09/07/1607) -- 119. Regulations of the Vicar of Mina (04/08/1607) -- 120. Letter from the Bishop Viceroy to King Filipe II (11/08/1607) -- 121. Aid to São Jorge Da Mina (15/08/1607) -- 122. Consultation of the Council of Portugal (18/08/1607) -- 123. Consultation to the Council of Portugal concerning the castle of Mina (08/10/1607) -- 124. Letter from Dom José De Melo to the King (16/10/1607) -- 125. Aid to São Jorge Da Mina (30/10/1607) -- 126. Letter from the King to the Council of India (30/10/1607) -- 127. The exploration of the Manso ('Ankobra') river (1608) -- 128. Letter from King Filipe II to the Council of India (11/02/1609) -- 129. Dom Duarte De Lima, Captain of Mina (19/07/1610) -- 130. Dom Duarte De Lima, Captain of Mina (19/07/1610) -- 131. Dom Duarte De Lima, Captain of Mina (23/07/1610) -- 132. Journey from Lisbon to Mina (21/11/1613) -- 133. Aid to the fortress of Mina (08/01/1614) -- 134. Letter from the Governor of São Jorge Da Mina (13/10/1615) -- 135. Aid for São Jorge Da Mina (October 1615) -- 136. Memorandum concerning São Jorge Da Mina (1616?) -- 137. Memorandum by Joao Roiz Roxo (1618?) -- 138. Memorandum by Gaspar Da Rosa (1618?) -- 139. Account by Garcia Mendes Castelo Branco (1620) -- 140. Christendom of São Jorge Da Mina (23/02/1623) -- 141. News from west Africa (1624-1625) -- 142. Dutch in São Jorge Da Mina (25/10/1625) -- 143. Letter from the Apostolic Collector to the Secretary of State (05/02/1628) -- 144. Aid sent to Mina (01/04/1630) -- 145. Letter from the Apostolic Collector to Cardinal Ludovisi (14/06/1631) -- 146. Report on the coast of Mina (14/06/1631) -- 147. Letter from the Apostolic Collector to Cardinal Borgia (01/11/1631) -- 148. Letter from the Governor of Mina to the King (04/03/1632) -- 149. Report from the Vicar of Mina to the Propaganda Fide (13/10/1632) -- 150. Letter from the Apostolic Collector to the Propaganda Fide (30/04/1633) -- 151. Letter from the King to Francisco De Lucena (24/06/1633) -- 152. Letter from the King to the Count Viceroy (08/03/1634) -- 153. Letter from the Captain of Mina to the King (15/05/1634) -- 154. Letter from the Governor of São Tomé to the King (24/09/1634) -- 155. Letter from the Chief Captain of Mina to the King (10/10/1634) -- 156. Information from André Da Fonseca to the King (02/03/1635) -- 157. Letter to the King about Mina (10/03/1635) -- 158. Letter from Luís Galvão De Melo to the King (17/03/1635) -- 159. Consultation of the Council of Portugal about aid to Mina (10/01/1636) -- 160. Representations about the abuses of the Blacks of the coast of Mina (29/01/1637) -- 161. Petition of Jorge De Almeida (13/11/1638) -- 162. Notes by Manuel Da Cunha regarding the aid for Akyem ('Axim') (04/06/1639) -- 163. Petition of Captain José Martins (16/06/1639) -- 164. Consultation of the Council of State (16/06/1639) -- 165. Consultation of the Overseas Council (26/11/1649) -- 166. Consultation of the Overseas Council (19/04/1655) -- 167. Consultation of the Overseas Council (12/02/1656) -- 168. Letter from Brito Freire to the King (29/11/1657) -- 169. Letter from Paulo Freire De Noronha to the Prince Regent Dom Pedro (07/12/1672) -- 170. Letter from a Jesuit to the King (17/10/1678) -- 171. Commerce of the coast of Mina (06/05/1680) -- Appendix. -- Governors at São Jorge da Mina -- Factors at São Jorge da Mina -- Clergy at São Jorge da Mina -- Captains of Akyem ('Axim') -- Factors of Akyem ('Axim') -- Clergy of Akyem ('Axim').

Call Number

Sc E 23-1138

ISBN

• 9780197267066
• 0197267068
• 9780192884718 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022287895

OCLC

1328010759

Title

Africa's Gold Coast through Portuguese sources, 1469-1680 / edited by Kwasi Konadu.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Fontes historiae Africanae = Sources in African history ; 22

Fontes historiae Africanae ; 22.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-388) and index.

Chronological Term

To 1699

Added Author

Konadu, Kwasi, editor.

British Academy, sponsoring body.

Other Form:

Online version: Africa's Gold Coast through Portuguese sources, 1469-1680. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 9780192884718 (OCoLC)1379190529

Research Call Number

Sc E 23-1138