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A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea
Original Author: William Bosman
Created: 1705
Medium: Book

A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, Page 280

William Bosman, A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coast (London: J. Knapton, et al., 1705), 280.

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