A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea : Divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Of the Gold Coast in general; 2. Of the Antese Country, with the English and Dutch forts there; 3. Of the country of Commany, the English and Dutch forts there; 4. Of Fetu, the Dutch fort Conraadsbourg, the English chief fort Cabocorse; 5. Of Acron, and the Dutch fort Leydsaamheid; 6. Of the several forts of gold; 7. Of the quantity of gold exported, whither, and by whom; 8. Of the unhealthiness, climate, season, &c. of the coast; 9. Of the nature, customs, manners, habit, education, manual arts, employments, languages, ranks of distinction, habitations and musical instruments of the negroes on the Gold Coast; 10. Of the religion, and idolatry of the negroes; 11. Of the government of the negroes, their trials of causes, whether civil or criminal; 12. Of the marriage of the negroes; 13. Of their sickness, the administration of remedies, and their idolatrous offerings upon that head; 14. Of the tame and wild quadrupedes of the Gold Coast, and particularly of the elephants, apes and cameleons; 15. Of the common and uncommon wild-fowl, birds, reptiles, insects and fish; 16. Of the trees, plants and fruits; 17. Of snakes, porcupines, tygers, jackals, elephants and deifyed spiders; 18. Of the Slave Coast in general; 19. Of the government of Fida, their trial and punishment of crimes; 20. Of the Fidasian quadrupedes, fowls, corn, fruits, soil, wars, arms; 21. Of Rio Formosa, on the River of Benin, the interest of the Portugese and other Europeans there; 22. Of the Tooth (or Ivory) and Grain Coast.