[Drop-head title:] Reports from commodore sir george collier, concerning The Settlements on The Gold and Windward Coasts of Africa
by [PARLIAMENT]
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About This Item
[London?]: [s.n.], [1820]. 17pp, [1]. Disbound. Later resewn. Three old horizontal folds, sealing wax remnant to title, ink-stamp pf the Institute of Historical Research to verso. The second located copy of an annual report submitted by Royal Navy officer Sir George Collier (1774-1824) on the condition of the African Company's forts and settlements. Between 1818 and 1821 Collier commanded the six-ship coast of Africa squadron, with a remit to suppress the slave trade, a charge he undertook with zeal, significantly reducing the traffic of slaves from the continent. In 1820 his work was recognised by election to honorary life membership of the African Institution. From the recently dispersed library (without any indication of such) of British scholar and senior civil servant William St Clair (1937-2021), and presumably used by him in his research for his acclaimed book The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade (2006). OCLC and COPAC together record a single copy (Southampton). . Folio.
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- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
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- Title
- [Drop-head title:] Reports from commodore sir george collier, concerning The Settlements on The Gold and Windward Coasts of Africa
- Author
- [PARLIAMENT]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Place of Publication
- [London?]
- Date Published
- [1820]
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- Folio
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We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
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