An Essay On Colonization, Particularly Applied To The Western Coast Of Africa, With Some Free Thoughts On Cultivation And Commerce: Also Brief Descriptions Of The Colonies Already Formed, Or Attempted, In Africa, Including Those Of Sierra Leona And Bulama : In Two Parts, Volume 1Selbstverl., 1794 - 196 pages |
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... Dutch , Auftrians , Swedes , New Plan for Exploring Africa , by the African Affociation of London , 121 144 154 178 187 194 195 * A more particular Table of Contents , or an Index , will be inferted in the Se- cond Part . INTRODUCTION ...
... Dutch , Auftrians , Swedes , New Plan for Exploring Africa , by the African Affociation of London , 121 144 154 178 187 194 195 * A more particular Table of Contents , or an Index , will be inferted in the Se- cond Part . INTRODUCTION ...
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... Dutch colonies is that at the Cape of Good Hope . France has flourishing colonies in the Isles of France and Bourbon . Portugal has feveral important establishments , and Denmark has lately given us a proof of what she intends to do ...
... Dutch colonies is that at the Cape of Good Hope . France has flourishing colonies in the Isles of France and Bourbon . Portugal has feveral important establishments , and Denmark has lately given us a proof of what she intends to do ...
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... Dutch from Mocha to Batavia in 1670. Some years afterwards , a tree was sent over to Amfterdam ; from which in 1718 feeds were tranfmitted to Surinam ; and it is remarkable that the fame tree was growing in the Hortus Medicus , in 1774 ...
... Dutch from Mocha to Batavia in 1670. Some years afterwards , a tree was sent over to Amfterdam ; from which in 1718 feeds were tranfmitted to Surinam ; and it is remarkable that the fame tree was growing in the Hortus Medicus , in 1774 ...
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... Dutch accounts , Africa furnished Europe with gold to the value of £ 230,000 yearly * . The near agreement of these estimates seems to prove that neither of them were very remote from the truth . " Guineas were first coined in King ...
... Dutch accounts , Africa furnished Europe with gold to the value of £ 230,000 yearly * . The near agreement of these estimates seems to prove that neither of them were very remote from the truth . " Guineas were first coined in King ...
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... Dutch , as it was for a whole century , produced no gold ; because they did not fearch for it . The Portuguese , afterwards getting poffeffion of that country , open- ed the gold mines , which are now faid to be the richest in the world ...
... Dutch , as it was for a whole century , produced no gold ; because they did not fearch for it . The Portuguese , afterwards getting poffeffion of that country , open- ed the gold mines , which are now faid to be the richest in the world ...
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Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo Angola anſwer beſt Britiſh Bulama buſineſs CANARIES Cape Verd cauſes CHAP chiefs civilized climate coaft coaſt coloniſts colonization of Africa colony commerce commodities confiderable cotton Count cultivation diſeaſes Dutch Eaft Eaſt Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhment Europe European expenſe faid fame fays feems fent fettlement fettlers fhall fhips filk fimilar firſt fituation flave-trade flaves focial fociety foil fome foon France French fuch fufficient fugar fupply fupport furniſh governor himſelf houſes increaſed induſtry inhabitants intereſt iſlands itſelf Jamaica juſt labour land laſt leaſt MADAGAS Madagaſcar Madeira moſt muſt nations natives neceffary neceſſary negroes obſerved perfons plough Portugal Portugueſe preſent preſerve Privy Council's produce purpoſe raiſe reaſon reſpect ſay ſeems ſeen Senegal ſent ſeveral ſhall ſhips ſhort ſhould ſmall Sofala ſome ſpirit ſtate ſubject ſuch ſyſtem Tenerife themſelves theſe theſe iſlands thofe thoſe tion trade uſe Weft Weſt Indian Weſt Indies whoſe