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A journal, comprising an account of the loss of the brig Commerce, of Hartford (Con.) James Riley, master, upon the western coast of Africa, August 28th, 1815; also of the slavery and sufferings of the author and the rest of the crew, upon the desert of Zahara, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817; with accounts of the manners, customs, and habits of the wandering Arabs; also, a brief historical and geographical view of the continent of Africa.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DT339 .R6 1817
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robbins, Archibald, 1792-1865.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce (Brig).
- Slavery--Africa, North.
- Slavery.
- North Africa.
- Sahara--Description and travel.
- Sahara.
- Penn Provenance:
- Van Kirk, S. Frances (donor)
- Physical Description:
- vii pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 258 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : map. ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hartford : Printed by F. D. Bolles, 1817.
- Notes:
- Errata: p. [iv].
- Local Notes:
- Imperfect: map wanting.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker 41992
- OCLC:
- 159375
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