{"product_id":"barbot-on-guinea-volume-ii-9781032320946","title":"Barbot on Guinea: Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eJean Barbot's account of the Guinea coast, based on his voyage journals and previous printed sources, was published in 1732 and had a significant influence on later European attitudes to Black Africa and the Atlantic slave trade. The edition provides an English translation of Barbot's original information, with extensive annotations and illustrations. It covers the coast from the River Volta to Cape Lopez and is a valuable resource for critical assessment of early sources on Guinea. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 628 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Barbot, a commercial agent on French slave-trading voyages to West Africa in 1678-9 and 1681-2, began an account of the Guinea coast in 1683. The work was interrupted by his flight to England in 1685 and not finished until 1688. When Barbot found that his lengthy French account could not be published, he rewrote it in English, enlarging it even further, and then continually revising it up to his death in 1712. The manuscript was eventually published in 1732. Barbot's book had considerable influence on later European attitudes to Black Africa and the Atlantic slave trade and is frequently cited as evidence in modern writings on both subjects. The French account serves as the base for the present edition and is presented in English translation, but additional material in the later English version is inserted. The edition concentrates on Barbot's original information. He copied much from earlier sources, which are omitted but identified in the notes. The original material, mainly on Senegal, Sierra Leone, River Sess, Gold Coast, and the Calabars, is extensively annotated, not least with comparative references to other sources. Apart from its narrative interest, the edition thus provides a starting point for the critical assessment of a range of early sources on Guinea. The edition opens with an introductory essay discussing Barbot's life and career and analysing his sources. Barbot provided a large number of his own drawings of topographical and ethnographical features, particularly drawings of almost all of the European forts in Guinea. Many of these illustrations are reproduced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781032320946\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adam Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44103883096314,"sku":"9781032320946","price":38.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_1ca2c998-75ed-481c-beac-8c343efaca41.jpg?v=1652203962","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/barbot-on-guinea-volume-ii-9781032320946","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}