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Reyse nach Gvinea, oder, Ausführliche Beschreibung dasiger Gold-Gruben, Elephanten-Zähn und Sclaven-Handels ...

(Voyage to Gvinea, or, detailed description of the gold mines, elephant teeth and slave trade)

Hamburg : in Verlegung Samuel Heyl, und Johann Gottfried Liebezeit; 1708

Twenty-two letters by merchants of the Dutch West India Company; the first twenty are by Willem Bosman, and the last two by David van Nyendael and Jan Snoek

Text in German

Original vellum binding with manuscript title to the spine

illustrated

Some toning, lacks 3 leaves of text and 4 (of 19) plates, front endpaper detached (but present)

Size 4 by 6 3/4"

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Willem Bosman (1672 – after 1703) was a merchant in the service of the Dutch West India Company, spending most of his time (13 years) in Guinea with the Dutch East India Company (1688-1701).

Bosman was born in Utrecht. Although he sailed to the Gold Coast as an apprentice when he was only 16 years of age, he managed to climb the ranks and eventually became head merchant (Dutch: opperkoopman).
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