The slave trade · 1562–1786
Rice farms, palm oil and kernels, fishing nets and traps, cooking, shops, mines and markets: the work that fed the country and paid its way.
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European settlements on the coasts of Africa from Cap Blanc to the Cape of Good Hope 18th century
Original title: Etablissemens des Européens sur les côtes d'Afrique depuis le cap Blanc jusqu'au cap de Bonne Espérance
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The Guinea coast continued, from Cape Tagrin to Cape Lopez Gonsalvo, coloured by the possessions of the different powers 1778 - 1790s
Original title: Suite des côtes de Guinée depuis le cap Tagrin jusques au cap Lopez Gonsalvo, colorées relativement aux possessions des différentes puissanc
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Fishes of Sierra Leone 1781
Original title: Pesci di Sierra Leona
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