The Merchant's and Mariner's African Guide : Containing an Accurate Description of the Coast, Bays, Harbours, and Adjacent Islands of West Africa (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Directions for sailing to the Madeiras; 2. Directions through the Canaries; 3. On the winds and calms peculiar to the Canaries; 4. Coast of Africa from Cape Spartel to Cape Bogador; 5. Description of the coast from Cape Bogador to Cape Verde; 6. Cape Verde, or Salt Islands; 7. General observations; 8. Description of the coast from Cape Verde to Cape Roxo; 9. Cape St. Mary to Roxo; 10. From Cape Roxo to Sierra Leon, including the Rio Grande, its shoals, and the Isles de Loss; 11. Mode of traffic from Grand Bassa to Cape Palmas; 12. Description of the coast from Sierra Leon to Cape Mount; 13. Sailing directions for the River Sherbro; 14. The windward coast; 15. From Cape Mount to the River St. John; 16. On the system of traffic, or barter, pursued between Cape Mount and Grand Bassa; 17. Description of the coast from Grand Bassa to Cape Palmas; 18. Description of the coast from Cape Palmas to Cape Lahou; 19. On the trade of Cape Palmas and Cape Lahou; 20. Description of the Adou or Quaqua Coast, from Cape Lahou to Assinee; 21. Description of the coast from Assinee to Cape St. Paul's; 22. Description of the mode of traffic, employed from Cape Lahou to Cape St. Paul's; 23. Description of the coast from Cape St. Paul's to Cape Formoso, constituting what is called the Bight of Benin; 24. Mode of barter of Benin; 25. Description of the coast from Cape Formosa to Cameroon's River in the Bight of Biaffra; 26. Directions for sailing into Old Callebar; 27. On the system of the Callebar trade; 28. From Callebar to Cameroon's River; 29. On the Cameroon's trade; 30. Description of the islands in the Bight of Biaffra, namely: Fernandepo, Princes, St. Thomas, and Anno Bom; 31. Description of the coast from Cameroons to Cape St. John, and from thence to Cape Lopez, including the Rivers Gabon and Danger; 32. Description of the coast from Cape Lopez to the Congo; 33. Description of the Congo; 34. Description of the coast from Cape Padron to Loando St. Paul; 35. Description of the Cape of Good Hope, with its adjacent bays; 36. The island of St. Helena; 37. The island of Ascension; 38. Of the passages to and from the coast of Africa, etc.; 39. On the homeward passage.