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CORRY, Joseph.
Observations upon the Windward Coast of Africa.....
Scarce. 'An early eyewitness description of the territories of the western coast of Africa promoting greater European activity in the area' (Bianchi).b The book is an unusually finely illustrated account of travels to West Africa in the early years of the 19th century. The author, Joseph Corry, in addition to advancing Britain's commercial prospects, was interested in ending the practice of slavery.
- Published
- London: 1807.
- References
- Bobins I 90; Abbey Travel 278; Gay 2857; not in Tooley.
- Plates
- 8
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: 1807.
- Ref
- 346
FIRST EDITION. Scarce, half leather over marbled boards, spine re-backed; title in gilt to (raised); boards scuffed and worn in places; 8 hand-coloured plates (7 folding) and a folding map. 4to, re-backed, some foxing – mostly light but heavier in a couple of places, offsetting to 4 plates. This portion of the West African coast was the centre of the busy and lucrative slave trade. Prospective owners in the New World could call on their agricultural knowledge. In addition to showing Africans in their villages, in their fields, etc., this work introduces an appendix on the slave trade. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. A Mandingo Chief, and his Head Man, in their Costume, & other Natives. 2. Palma bearing S. by W. distant about eight leagues from [point] A. (folding plate) 3. The Colony of Sierra Leone, A bearing S.E. by E. distant 3 miles, and the Bananas, bearing N.W. by W. distant two leagues. (folding plate) 4. Island of Goree (folding plate). 5. Porto Praya, Island of St. Jago (folding plate). 6. Fogo, bearing N. by W. distant about four leagues from B. (folding plate) 7. (3) Island of St. Jago, distance 6 miles. / (4) Paps of Cape Verde, bearing at C, E.S.E. and at D, S.E. by S. distance three leagues. (folding plate) 8. Bance Island, in the River Sierra Leone. The Property of John & Alexander Anderson Esqrs, London. (folding plate)