African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish A British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, On the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1792. With a Brief Notice of the Neighbouring Tribes, Soil Productions, &c. And Some Observations on The Facility of Colonizing that part of Africa, with a View to Cultivation: and the Introduction of Letters and Religion to its Inhabitants: But More Particularly as the Means of Gradually Abolishing African Slavery.

Language: English

Published by Printed for C. and R. Baldwin, 1805

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Full diced calf hardback. Professionally rebacked, preserving original spine. Rubbed and moderately sunned, nonetheless firm and square and showing well. Contents very tidy: thus tight and clean with no pen-mark, just a former owner bookplate, a few foxed pages and evenly age toned throughout. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Size: 4to (275mm x 210mm). Collation: pp. [viii] + xv, 500, complete with large hand-coloured fold out map which has been backed with cloth, and two plates (closely cropped at the margins). A very good copy.

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Title
African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish A British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, On the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1792. With a Brief Notice of the Neighbouring Tribes, Soil Productions, &c. And Some Observations on The Facility of Colonizing that part of Africa, with a View to Cultivation: and the Introduction of Letters and Religion to its Inhabitants: But More Particularly as the Means of Gradually Abolishing African Slavery.
Author
Captain Philip Beaver
Publisher
Printed for C. and R. Baldwin
Publication year
1805
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
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