Isert's book, in the form of twelve letters evidently written for publication, has excited interest ever since it first appeared in 1788. Though Isert's text was long ago translated into other languages, this is its first translation from the original German into English. Already a respected botanist and medical doctor, Isert became interested in ethnography on his arrival in Accra. Isert also has a special place in West African history because of his attempt to establish a plantation on the Gold Coast to counteract the ...
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Isert's book, in the form of twelve letters evidently written for publication, has excited interest ever since it first appeared in 1788. Though Isert's text was long ago translated into other languages, this is its first translation from the original German into English. Already a respected botanist and medical doctor, Isert became interested in ethnography on his arrival in Accra. Isert also has a special place in West African history because of his attempt to establish a plantation on the Gold Coast to counteract the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Throughout his text Isert draws a clear and lively picture of life on the Gold and Slave Coasts of Africa and the Danish and French islands in the West Indies at the end of the eighteenth century.
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Add this copy of Letters on West Africa and the Slave Trade Paul Erdmann to cart. $125.00, like new condition, Sold by Book Gallery / Mike Riley rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Oxford University Press.
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Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0197261051. Hardcover. Book is in FINE condition. Dust Jacket light wear, else Very Good Plus. 1992. Oxford University Press published for the British Academy. 278 pages.; Fontes Historiae Africanae Series Varia; 9.50 X 6.38 X 0.85 inches; 278 pages; Signed by Author.
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