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Very important work on the trade-settlements on the Westcoast of Africa

BOSMAN, Willem.
Voyage de Guinée, contenant une description nouvelle & très-exacte de cette côte où l'on trouve & où l'on trafique l'or, les dents d'elephant, & les esclaves. De ses pays, royaumes, & républiques, des moeurs des habitans, de leur religion, gouvernement, administration de la justice, de leurs guerres, mariages, sepultures, &c. Comme aussi de la nature & qualité du terroir, des arbres fruitiers & sauvages, de divers animaux, tant domestiques que sauvages, des bêtes à quatre pieds, des reptiles, des oiseaux, des poissons, & de plusieurs autres choses rares, inconnues jusques à présent aux Européens.

Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds.

Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds.

Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds.

Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds.

Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds.



Utrecht, Antoine Schouten, 1705. Large 12mo. Contemporary boards, uncut. Engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, 23 illustrations on 13 engraved plates depicting fortresses, and 26 illustrations on 4 plates depicting birds. (16), 520 pp.

First French edition of a very important work on the trade-settlements on the Westcoast of Africa, first published in Dutch in 1704 by the same publisher. The author, Willem Bosman, was Chief Factor for the Dutch at the Castle of St. George d'Elmina and had lived on Africa's Westcoast for 14 years. His work on Guinea was on of the best known travel accounts, since it provides the reader with detailed information on areas which were hardly described by other travellers, and also gives information on commercial activities, such as trade in gold, ivory or slaves.
The book is written in the form of letters to a friend, Dr. D. Havard, living in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The 2 last letters, the nrs. XXI and XXII, are written by the author's colleagues and contain about 50 pages. The first is a description of Rio Formosa, or the river of Benin, written by David van Nyendael, and is dated Sept. 1, 1702. The second is a description of the Tooth and Grain Coast, written by Jan Snoek, dated Jan.2, 1702.

Good copy.- (Spine discol., binding rubbed; some plates foxed).
Gay 2808; Tiele 174, note.

Related Subjects: Africa  Cartography 

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