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6000 SEK

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WESTERN AFRICA. BARBOT, JEAN. A description of the coasts of North and South-Guinea, and of Ethiopia inferior, vulgarly Angola, being a new and accurate account of the Western maritime countries of Africa... In Six Books. Containing A Geographical, Political, and Natural History of the Kingdoms, Provinces, Common-Wealths, Territories and Islands belonging to it. Their Product, Inhabitants, Manners, Languages, Trade, Wars, Policy and Religion. With a full Account of all the European Settlements, their Rise, Progress and present Condition, their Commerce, and Measures for improving the several Branches of the Guinea and Angola Trade ... Now first printed from his original manuscript. (London), Lintot & Osborn, 1746. (= Churchill, Collection of voyages, volume 5).

Folio (345x210 mm.). (2), 708 pp. With 50, of which 46 double-page, engraved plates and maps (complete, a few minor tears, some creases, 1 paper loss to lower margin, 1 plate cut to platemark).
Later (19th century) half calf binding with decorated spine in compartments and dark red title label, speckled edges. Text with some slight spotting and foxing.

Second English edition. First published in 1732.
Barbot, a merchant and voyager of La Rochelle, entered the Compangnie Royale d´Afrique for which he became Agent-General in the Guinea region. Following the Edict of Nantes, he emigrated to England in 1686, and continued trading in West Africa, in particular in the Congo and Angola. His text, which includes detailed accounts of the slaving forts of Goree, Sierra Leone, the Guinea Coast and elsewhere, also appeared as volume V of the Churchill voyages series, "Collection of Voyages and Travels" which was published in 6 volumes.

Auktionsnummer:

6056

Datum:

2020-12-10