Antiquarian Books Wednesday, 12 May 2021 / 11:00 am start
Jacques Nicolas Bellin - Carte De La Coste Occidentale D'Afrique c1747
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Jacques Nicolas Bellin - Carte De La Coste Occidentale D'Afrique c1747 uncoloured, the map depicts the Coste de Grain, Coste d;Ivoire, Coste d;Or and Coste des Esclaves. It includes a letter key showing trading forts, including the infamous Castel de la Mina, the embarkation point for countless people trafficked into the Atlantic slave trade, engraved in 1747 and published in Prevost's Histoire Generale des voyages between 1746 and 1790, framed, 24 cm by 33.5
