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
Durand, Jean Baptiste Léonard
Africa, Northwest; Senegal -- Description and travel
Galam, general remarks on the voyage to, 169. — Diseases of the
country, &c. 170. — Galline, sketch of the isle, 53. — Gambia,
description of the river, its extent, navigation, &c. 36. — Its
discovery by the Normans, 37 — Kingdoms on its banks, ibid. —
History of its Establishments, 43. — Objects of trade on this
part of the coast, 45. — Gereges, account of the different
establishments formed in the village, 36. — Gesves, course and
extent of the river, its commercial advantages, 72. — Goli,
situation of the river, its trade, &c. 72. — Goree, remarks on
the passage to it from Europe, as well as the Senegal, 26. Dutch
origin of its name, 27. — Numerous contests respecting its
possession, ibid. — Extent of its commerce, ibid. — Productions
of the island, 30. — Goudnum, account of the town, its buildings,
manufactures, and trade, 20. — Guenala, remarks on the kingdom of,
and its inhabitants, 72. — Guiamala, description of the, 160. —
Gum, account of the tree which produces it, importance of the trade
with it, 139.
Hamet, Mocktar, entertainment given to him and his family, 141. —
Hippopotamus, account of this singular animal, 77. — Method of
hunting it, 79. — Hospitality, conduct of the Moors to those who
abuse it, 135. — Hospitality, English, interesting instance of,
178. — Hundreders, account of the, 86.
Idoles, account of the islands of, 75. — Incense, its abundance
in some parts of Africa, 157. — Interview with a Negro king
described, 151. — Iron, the staple article in trade with the
Africans, 120. — James, remarks on its inhabitants, their trade,
&c. 49. Joukakonda, remarkable on account of the English factory
there, 44. — Journey by land from isle St. Louis to Galam,
reasons for the tour, &c. 145. — Distance of the route, 163.
Knavery, specimen of reciprocal, 141.
Lajaille, M. de, his dangerous situation owing to the treachery
of the Bassantes, 59. — Lake, account of a singular, found on
the isle of Goree, 28. — Locusts, their ravages, are eaten by
the Africans, 122. — Los, its site, trade of this isle and its
vicinity, 76. — Louis, St. description of the isle, its climate,
soil, customs of the inhabitants, &c. 112 — 120.
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