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Description of the Coast of Guinea (1684)

ByFrancisco de Lemos Coelho

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Lemos Coelho’s account was the fourth Portuguese account to describe, in fairly comprehensive detail, the coast of West Africa between Cape Verde and the Sierra Leone estuary, its trade and its peoples. The earlier accounts were the one compiled by Valentim Fernandes c.1500 and those written by André Álvares de Almada c.1595 and André Donelha c.1625. The three later accounts have many points of similarity, all three being written in the Cape Verde Islands by individuals who had traded on the coast. ... . Lemos Coelho’s was the last comprehensive Portuguese account of western Guinea. Dutch, French and English accounts of the coast began to be written after 1600 and - unlike the Portuguese accounts - were published. - P.E.H. Hair

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Publication Date
Oct 27, 2007
Language
English
Category
History
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Francisco de Lemos Coelho

Specifications

Pages
141
Binding
Linen Wrap
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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