Reliable Account of the Coast of Guinea (1760)

Name: Reliable Account of the Coast of Guinea (1760)
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ISBN: 9780197262184

ISBN-10: 019726218X

ISBN-13: 9780197262184

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ludewig Ferdinand Romer, Selena Axelrod Winsnes

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This is the first complete English translation of an important and sensitive account of Gold Coast (modern Ghana) in the mid eighteenth century. Ludewig Ferdinand Rmer was employed in West Africa from 1739 to 1749 by the Danish West India and Guinea Company. He published two books about Gold Coast, a short one in 1756, and then his more substantial A Reliable Account of the Coast of Guinea in 1760. Rmer deals with the operation of the various European trading companies, and discusses the African-European relations that he had witnessed. But the real value of his work lies in his descriptions of the local context the African traders and customers, their societies, practices and religion. And…

Book details

List price: $96.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/18/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English