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1. A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the western coast of Africa : including biographical sketches of all the missionaries who have died in that important field of labour. : with some account of the European settlements, and of the slave-trade : illustrated with a map and six engravings / by William Fox.

A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the western coast of Africa : including biographical sketches of all the missionaries who have died in that important field of labour. : with some account of the European settlements, and of the slave-trade : illustrated with a map and six engravings / by William Fox.
Creator:
Fox, William, active 1851
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
xx, 624 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill.,map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Thirty different drafts of Guinea / by William Smith, Surveyor to the Royal African Company of England.

Thirty different drafts of Guinea / by William Smith, Surveyor to the Royal African Company of England.
Creator:
Smith, William, surveyor
Date:
[not before 1727]
Physical Description:
30 leaves (1 folded) : chiefly ill., maps, plans (etchings) ; 28 x 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Journal of a residence in Ashantee / by Joseph Dupuis ; comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of Western Africa ; chiefly collected from Arabic mss. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea ; to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war ; illustrated with a map and plates.

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Creator:
Dupuis, Joseph
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[2], vii, [1], xxxviii, 264, cxxxv, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Travels in Western Africa, in 1845 & 1846, : comprising a journey from Whydah, through the kingdom of Dahomey, to Adofoodia, in the interior. / by John Duncan.

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Creator:
Duncan, John, 1805–approximately 1884
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Account of a voyage to the western coast of Africa : performed by His Majesty's sloop Favourite, in the year 1805 : being a journal of the events which happened to that vessel from the time of her leaving England till her capture by the French and the return of the author in a cartel / by F. B. Spilsbury ; illustrated with numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-43, [1] p. 9 pl. (3 fold.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee : with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa / by T. Edward Bowdich.

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Creator:
Bowdich, T. Edward (Thomas Edward), 1791–1824
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
viii, [2], 512 p., [14] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., map, facsim., music ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Narrative of a voyage of discovery to Africa and Arabia : performed in His Majesty's ships, Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, under the command of Capt. F. W. Owen ... / by Capt. Thomas Boteler.

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Creator:
Boteler, Thomas
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695. 1696. & 1697. aux cotes d'Afrique, détroit de Magellan, Bresil, Cayenne et isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roi, commandée par m. de Gennes / Faite par le sieur Froger ingenieur volontaire sure le vaisseau le Faucon Anglois. Enrichie de grand nombre de figures dessinées sur les lieux.

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Creator:
Froger, François, b. 1676
Date:
M.DC.XCIX [1699]
Physical Description:
[14], 227, [1] p., [28] leaves of plates ([7] folded) : ill. (maps, plans) ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Costumes on the western coast of Africa / by an officer of the commissariat.

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Creator:
Officer of the commissariat
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The African sketch-book, by Winwood Reade. With maps and illustrations ...

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Creator:
Reade, William Winwood, 1838–1875
Date:
1873
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., ill., plates, maps (2 fold.) 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Observations upon the Windward coast of Africa : the religion, character, customs &c., of the natives : with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe : and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country : made in the years 1805 and 1806 / by Joseph Corry ; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade.

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Creator:
Corry, Joseph
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xiv, [2],163 p., [9] leaves of plates ([7] folding) : ill., map, 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Memoirs of the late Captain Hugh Crow, of Liverpool; comprising a narrative of his life, together with descriptive sketches of the western coast of Africa; particularly of Bonny; the manners and customs of the inhabitants, the productions of the soil, and the trade of the country. To which are added, anecdotes and observations, illustrative of the negro character. Compiled chiefly from his own manuscripts: with authentic additions fromvoyagers and approved authors.

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Creator:
Crow, Hugh, 1765–1829
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xxxiii, 316 p. front. (port.) plates, fold. map. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Africa's mountain valley, or, The church in Regent's Town, West Africa / by the author of Ministering Children, The Cottage and its visitor &c. &c.

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Creator:
Charlesworth, Maria Louisa, 1819–1880
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 272 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts