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A voyage to Senegal : $b or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra LeoneDurand, Jean Baptiste Léonard

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A voyage to Senegal : $b or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra Leone

Name: A voyage to Senegal : $b or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra Leone
Author: Durand, Jean Baptiste Léonard

Durand, Jean Baptiste Léonard

Africa, Northwest; Senegal -- Description and travel

*  From Tombaboukané   to   Golombo,          6 hours.
   *       Golombo        —    Médiné            5 ditto.
           Médiné         —    Kainoura,         7 ditto.
   *       Kainoura       —    Gougiourou,       5 ditto.
           Gougiourou     —    Sambacolo,        5 ditto.
           Sambacolo      —    Buggil,           6 ditto.
  **       Buggil         —    Coussan,          5 ditto.
   *       Coursan        —    Coudi,            4 ditto.
  **       Coudi          —    Granado,          6 ditto.
  **       Granado        —    Tellika,          5 ditto.
  **       Tellica        —    Gambia,           8 ditto.
   *       Gambia         —    Kolor,            6 ditto.
  **       Kolor          —    Lamen,            8 ditto.
           Lamen          —    Caldenne,         4 ditto.
   *       Caldenne       —    Cafime,           6 ditto.
   *       Cafime         —    Maleme,           5 ditto.
   *       Maleme         —    Passe,            6 ditto.
   *       Passe, four days travelling in the
            woods to arrive at Kiamen, eight
            hours march per day,                32 ditto.
   *       Kiamen         —    Caka,             6 ditto.
   *       Caka           —    Gury,             5 ditto.
   *       Gury           —    Hicarkor,         6 ditto.
   *       Hicarkor       —    Douai,            4 ditto.
           Douai          —    Gasama,           6 ditto.
           Gasama         —    Kibi,             5 ditto.
   *       Kibi           —    Coqui,            7 ditto.
           Coqui          —    Betel-Diabi,      5 ditto.
   *       Betel-Diabi    —    Mériné            6 ditto.
   *       Mériné         —    Keainderain,      4 ditto.
           Keainderain    —    Mériné-Giob,      5 ditto.
   *       Mériné-Giob    —    Maricamp,         5 ditto.
           Maricamp       —    Gandiolle         7 ditto.
   *       Gandiolle      —    Isle St. Louis,   6 ditto.
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                                         Total 206 hours.
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These 206 hours journey are calculated at the rate of three-fourths
of a league per hour, a progress which appears reasonable, and which
gives the distance of 154½ leagues. By the river, it is estimated
at not less than 300 leagues; which makes an enormous difference;
while it is evident that the abridgment of the journey nearly
two months, in consequence of performing it by land, is the least
advantage which Europeans will derive from the discovery.

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A voyage to Senegal : $b or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra Leone

Durand, Jean Baptiste Léonard

Africa, Northwest; Senegal -- Description and travel

*  From Tombaboukané   to   Golombo,          6 hours.
   *       Golombo        —    Médiné            5 ditto.
           Médiné         —    Kainoura,         7 ditto.
   *       Kainoura       —    Gougiourou,       5 ditto.
           Gougiourou     —    Sambacolo,        5 ditto.
           Sambacolo      —    Buggil,           6 ditto.
  **       Buggil         —    Coussan,          5 ditto.
   *       Coursan        —    Coudi,            4 ditto.
  **       Coudi          —    Granado,          6 ditto.
  **       Granado        —    Tellika,          5 ditto.
  **       Tellica        —    Gambia,           8 ditto.
   *       Gambia         —    Kolor,            6 ditto.
  **       Kolor          —    Lamen,            8 ditto.
           Lamen          —    Caldenne,         4 ditto.
   *       Caldenne       —    Cafime,           6 ditto.
   *       Cafime         —    Maleme,           5 ditto.
   *       Maleme         —    Passe,            6 ditto.
   *       Passe, four days travelling in the
            woods to arrive at Kiamen, eight
            hours march per day,                32 ditto.
   *       Kiamen         —    Caka,             6 ditto.
   *       Caka           —    Gury,             5 ditto.
   *       Gury           —    Hicarkor,         6 ditto.
   *       Hicarkor       —    Douai,            4 ditto.
           Douai          —    Gasama,           6 ditto.
           Gasama         —    Kibi,             5 ditto.
   *       Kibi           —    Coqui,            7 ditto.
           Coqui          —    Betel-Diabi,      5 ditto.
   *       Betel-Diabi    —    Mériné            6 ditto.
   *       Mériné         —    Keainderain,      4 ditto.
           Keainderain    —    Mériné-Giob,      5 ditto.
   *       Mériné-Giob    —    Maricamp,         5 ditto.
           Maricamp       —    Gandiolle         7 ditto.
   *       Gandiolle      —    Isle St. Louis,   6 ditto.
                                             ------------
                                         Total 206 hours.
                                             ------------

These 206 hours journey are calculated at the rate of three-fourths
of a league per hour, a progress which appears reasonable, and which
gives the distance of 154½ leagues. By the river, it is estimated
at not less than 300 leagues; which makes an enormous difference;
while it is evident that the abridgment of the journey nearly
two months, in consequence of performing it by land, is the least
advantage which Europeans will derive from the discovery.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A voyage to Senegal : $b or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra Leone

A voyage to Senegal : $b or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra Leone

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