A Voyage To Senegal; or, Historical, Philosophical, and Political Memoirs, Relative To The Discoveries, Establishments, and Commerce of Europeans In The Atlantic Ocean, From Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To Which Is Added An Account Of A Journey From Isle St. Louis To Galam
by Durand, Jean Baptiste Leonard
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London: Richard Phillips, 1806. First English edition. Hardcover. Modern black cloth with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Near fine. 181 pages, 3 pp. Index. Small 4to, 21 1/2 x 13 cm. Folding map and seven aquatint plates, many with two images per plate. Translated from the French. 18th century account of European activity in West Africa. The English captured Isle St. Louis and Senegal in 1758; the French regaining possession twenty years later. BRUNET Vol. III, p. 903. Intermittent light text foxing, a few plates closely cropped with loss to one of a caption, plates bright and clean.
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- A Voyage To Senegal; or, Historical, Philosophical, and Political Memoirs, Relative To The Discoveries, Establishments, and Commerce of Europeans In The Atlantic Ocean, From Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To Which Is Added An Account Of A Journey From Isle St. Louis To Galam
- Author
- Durand, Jean Baptiste Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Modern black cloth with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English edition
- Publisher
- Richard Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black Studies; Africa; Travel; Maritime;
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