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Title

An essay on colonization, particularly applied to the western coast of Africa, with some free thoughts on cultivation and commerce : also brief descriptions of the colonies already formed, or attempted, in Africa, including those of Sierra Leona and Bulama / by C.B. Wadstrom ; in two parts ; illustrated with a nautical map (from lat. 5° 30' to lat. 14° N.) and other plates.

Author

Wadström, Carl Bernhard, 1746-1799.

Publication

London : Printed for the author, by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street. And sold by G. Nicol, No. 58, Pall-Mall; W. Faden, corner of St. Martin's Lane, Strand; J. Stockdale, No. 191, Piccadilly; J. Edwards, No. 78, Pall-Mall; E. [sic] & J. Egerton, No. 32, Charing-Cross; J. Debrett, No. 179, Piccadilly; J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and C. Dilly, No. 22, Poultry, MDCCXCIV [1794-1795]

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Additional Authors

• Debrett, John, -1822
• Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807
• Edwards, James, 1756-1816
• Faden, William, 1750-1836
• Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809
• Nicol, G. (George)
• Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
• Darton & Harvey (London, England), printer.
• Thomas and John Egerton (Firm), bookseller.

Description

2 parts in 1 volume : illulstrations, maps, plan; 28 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Slave trade > Africa > Early works to 1800
• Africa > Colonization > Early works to 1800
• Africa, West > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Administration > Early works to 1800
• Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Early works to 1800
• Colonization > Early works to 1800

Note

• Part 1: [8], iv, 196, [2] pages; Part 2: [2], 2, 363, [25] pages, [1] folded leaf, [6] folded leaves of plates.
• Two parts bound in one volume, each with separate t.p., pagination, and register; "Part second" has imprint: London: Printed for the author, by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street. MDCCXCV.
• "A List of subscribers to this work."--pages [18]-[23] at end.
• "Errata et corrigenda."--page [24] at end.
• "Directions to the bookbinder."--page [25] at end.
• "Description of a slave ship."--letterpress folded leaf at end; all other folded leaves of plates are illustrations.

Indexed In (note)

• English short title catalogue
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Source (note)

• from Arthur A. Schomburg;
• of Sidney Lapidus;

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Contents of part the first. Introduction -- ch. 1. Obstructions to colonization, particularly in Africa -- ch. 2. Character and disposition of the Africans -- ch. 3. Civilization in general -- ch. 4. Climate, soil, and water -- ch. 5. Produce -- ch. 6. The means of preserving health -- ch. 7. General reflections on colonies, and the means of promoting them -- ch. 8. Hints on the essentials of colonial government -- ch. 9. Specific propositions applied to the case of a new colony -- ch. 10. Colonies in Africa formed on the principles of commerce by the Portuguese, Spaniards, French, Dutch, &c.
• Contents of part the second. Introduction -- British, Sierra Leona -- Bulama Island, now British -- Aquapim, Danish -- Swedish design or attempt -- Appendix. Containing notes, quotations, and documents, some of which, had they been sooner obtained, might have been more properly inserted in the body of the work: Dr. Smeatham's letters respecting Africa -- "Transcript of a paper of a quantity of gold, up the River Gambay, in 1693" published by the Rev. W. Derham, F.R.S. in 1726 -- From Dr. Franklin's essays on Luxury, &c. -- Notes and documents respecting S. Leona and Bulama -- Farther accounts of the Danish colony, at Aquapim -- Documents reflecting the Swedish colonial design -- Extracts from various writers concerning w. coast of Africa, &c. -- Reasons for inserting lists of S. Leona and Bulama subscribers.

Call Number

Sc Rare 325.6-W (Wadström, C. B. Essay on colonization)

OCLC

26287943

Author

Wadström, Carl Bernhard, 1746-1799.

Title

An essay on colonization, particularly applied to the western coast of Africa, with some free thoughts on cultivation and commerce : also brief descriptions of the colonies already formed, or attempted, in Africa, including those of Sierra Leona and Bulama / by C.B. Wadstrom ; in two parts ; illustrated with a nautical map (from lat. 5° 30' to lat. 14° N.) and other plates.

Imprint

London : Printed for the author, by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street. And sold by G. Nicol, No. 58, Pall-Mall; W. Faden, corner of St. Martin's Lane, Strand; J. Stockdale, No. 191, Piccadilly; J. Edwards, No. 78, Pall-Mall; E. [sic] & J. Egerton, No. 32, Charing-Cross; J. Debrett, No. 179, Piccadilly; J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and C. Dilly, No. 22, Poultry, MDCCXCIV [1794-1795]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T96523

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 10870

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 325.6-W (accession no. B992055) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 325.6-W imperfect, lacking gatherings 3D-3E in part 2 (i.e. p. [2]-[17] at end) containing "Contents of part the first", "Contents of part the second", "Advertisement."

Source

Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Sc Rare 325.6-W (Wadström, C. B. Essay on colonization), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2019. Copy in Sc Rare F 19-1 (Lapidus Collection), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Added Author

Debrett, John, -1822, bookseller.

Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807, bookseller.

Edwards, James, 1756-1816, bookseller.

Faden, William, 1750-1836, bookseller.

Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, bookseller.

Nicol, G. (George), bookseller.

Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814, bookseller.

Darton & Harvey (London, England), printer.

Thomas and John Egerton (Firm), bookseller.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 325.6-W (Wadström, C. B. Essay on colonization)

Sc Rare F 19-1 (Lapidus Collection)