The English in West Africa, 1691-1699 - The Local Correspondence of Royal African Company of England, 1681

Zusatztext Robin Law is to be commended for editing the Rawlinson collection in an important, scholarly, three-volume set. Klappentext This third volume completes Robin Law's highly acclaimed edition of original correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, relating to the period 1681-1699. These documents, published here for the first time, comprise the most substantial body of source material on English trade in West Africa in the late seventeenth century, and are also an important source for indigenous African history. Zusammenfassung This completes Robin Law's highly acclaimed edition of the letter-books of the Royal African Company, the most substantial body of source material on English trade in West Africa in the late seventeenth century. The correspondence provides massively detailed day-to-day documentation of local operations and interactions.

Product details

• Authors: Robin (EDT) Law
• Assisted by: Robin Law (Editor), Robin (Professor of African History Law (Editor), Law Robin (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2007
• EAN: 9780197263921
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726392-1
• No. of pages: 698
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History; Sources of African History; Fontes Historiae Africanae; Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History; Sources of African History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Africa / West, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History, West Africa