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'Description des Côte d' Afrique depuis le Cap Bojador, jusque au Cap de Lopo Gonzalves',...
Catalogue reference: ADM 7/830A
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This record is about the 'Description des Côte d' Afrique depuis le Cap Bojador, jusque au Cap de Lopo Gonzalves',... dating from 1688 in the series Admiralty: Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1688
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'Description des Côte d' Afrique depuis le Cap Bojador, jusque au Cap de Lopo Gonzalves', by Jean Barbot, vol. I. Contains the first part of the book: 'La Côte depuis le Senegal jusques à Rio da Suerio da Costa inclusivement', and includes 51 maps and drawings of fish birds, plants, native inhabitants and views of the coast.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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