The English in West Africa, 1691-1699: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699, Part 3

by Robin Law (Editor)

Overview

This third volume completes Robin Law's highly acclaimed edition of original correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, relating to the period 1681-1699. These documents, published here for the first time, comprise the most substantial body of source material on English trade in West Africa in the late seventeenth century, and are also an important source for indigenous African history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780197263921
Publisher:	British Academy
Publication date:	03/08/2007
Series:	Fontes Historiae Africanae , #8
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	719
Product dimensions:	9.46(w) x 6.41(h) x 1.63(d)

About the Author

University of Stirling

Table of Contents

Introduction     vii
Glossary     xvi
Maps
Western Africa     xx
Gold and Slave Coasts     xxi
The Documents
Dixcove     1
Sekondi     90
Komenda     135
Fort Royal     241
Anashan     251
Charles Fort, Anomabu     277
Egya     379
Quashe's Croom (Amisa)     413
Tantunkweri/Quansa's Croome     417
Winneba     427
James Fort, Accra     505
Allampo (Adangme)     565
Whydah     568
Ships     588
Foreign Correspondents     628
Concordance     645
Bibliography     677
Indexes
Places and Peoples     681
Persons     685
Ships     691
Trade Goods     692
Selected Topics     695