Author: CRUICKSHANK, Brodie.
Title: Achttien jaren aan de Goudkust. Uit het Engelsch vertaald en met eene inleiding vermeerderd door D.P.H.J. Weijtingh.
Description: Amsterdam, Weijtingh & Van der Haart, 1855.2 volumes. Original printed wrappers (spine rep.). With large folding lithographed view of Elmina by W. Bartels. XVI,251; XIV,208 pp.Dutch translation of Eighteen years on the Gold Coast of Africa, including an account of the native tribes and their intercourse with Europeans. London 1853. - This Dutch edition has an introduction by D.P.H.J. Weijtingh, dealing with the history of the Dutch possessions on the coast. 'Cruikshank served in the area from 1834-1854 and was a member of the first Legislative Council of the Gold Coast, as well as the first Collector-General of the colony. The work offers insight into the judicial system, music, religion, dance, and social customs of the native people' (From the preface by K. A. Busia of the reprint of 1966 ). Cat. NHSM I, p.205; Gay 2865 (English ed.); Hess & Coger 6372 (English ed.); Cardinall 518 (English ed.); not in Tiele.
Keywords: Africa Dutch travel Ghana WIC Africa WIC West India Company West Africa slavery
Title: Achttien jaren aan de Goudkust. Uit het Engelsch vertaald en met eene inleiding vermeerderd door D.P.H.J. Weijtingh.
Description: Amsterdam, Weijtingh & Van der Haart, 1855.2 volumes. Original printed wrappers (spine rep.). With large folding lithographed view of Elmina by W. Bartels. XVI,251; XIV,208 pp.Dutch translation of Eighteen years on the Gold Coast of Africa, including an account of the native tribes and their intercourse with Europeans. London 1853. - This Dutch edition has an introduction by D.P.H.J. Weijtingh, dealing with the history of the Dutch possessions on the coast. 'Cruikshank served in the area from 1834-1854 and was a member of the first Legislative Council of the Gold Coast, as well as the first Collector-General of the colony. The work offers insight into the judicial system, music, religion, dance, and social customs of the native people' (From the preface by K. A. Busia of the reprint of 1966 ). Cat. NHSM I, p.205; Gay 2865 (English ed.); Hess & Coger 6372 (English ed.); Cardinall 518 (English ed.); not in Tiele.
Keywords: Africa Dutch travel Ghana WIC Africa WIC West India Company West Africa slavery
Price: EUR 302.50 = appr. US$ 328.77 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 10188
- Book number: 10188