A voyage to the river Sierra-Leone, on the coast of Africa: containing an account of the trade and productions of the country, and of the civil and religious customs and manners of the people; in a series of letters to a friend in England

Collection Data

Names
Matthews, John, lieutenant in the Royal Navy (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1791
Place: London
Publisher: B. White and Son [etc.]
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-4611 pt. A
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-2471
Shelf locator: BMH (Matthews, J. Voyage to the River Sierra Leone, on the Coast of Africa)
Topics
Ethnology -- Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone -- Description and travel
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Statement of responsibility: By John Matthews, lieutenant in the Royal Navy, during his residence in that country in the years 1785, 1786, and 1787. With an additional letter on the subject of the African slave trade. Also, a chart of part of the coast of Africa from Cape St. Ann, to the river Rionoonas; with a view of the island Bananas. To which are added, eight plates of the views of the country, and of instruments.
Reproduction: Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, 1970. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-9809)
Reproduction: Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, 1976. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-15443)
Physical Description
Extent: Vii, [1] 183 p. : fold. front., plates, fold. map. ; 23 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 50267066
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11759436
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 71e634a0-62a8-013a-0638-0242ac110003
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