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Title
A voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West-Indies; in His Majesty's Ships, the Swallow and Weymouth. Describing the several Islands and Settlements, Viz-Madeira, the Canaries, Cape de Verd, Sierraleon, Sesthos, Cape Apollonia, Cabo Corso, and others on the Guinea Coast; Barbadoes, Jamaica, &c. in the West-Indies. The Colour, Diet, Languages, Habits, Manners, Customs, and Religions of the respective Natives, and Inhabitants. With Remarks on the Gold, Ivory, and Slave-Trade; and on the Winds, Tides and Currents of the several Coasts. By John Atkins, Surgeon in the Royal Navy [electronic resource].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/c821gm08z
Publisher
London : printed for Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, at the Ship, between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street; [London] and Sold at their Shop in Scarborough, M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]
Language
French
Date Created
1735
Extent
[4],xxv,[1],2,19-265,[7]p., 20 cm
References
Sabin, 2274
Sabin, 2275
English Short Title Catalog, T87658
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
With an initial and three final advertisement leaves.
Despite pagination, the text is complete.
Digital reproduction of original privately owned by Sid Lapidus, Class of 1959. Scanned by the Princeton University Library Digital Studio during 2012-2013.

Discovery Information

Subject
Slave trade—Early works to 1800
Guinea—Description and travel—Early works to 1800
West Indies—Description and travel—Early works to 1800
Guinea (Region)—Description and travel—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count
293

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5375c093-24ed-4a14-8a01-4fe4359197d0/manifest