LEADER 03721nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910816629203321 005 20231128194509.0 010 $a1-283-00516-6 010 $a9786613005168 010 $a9988-647-56-5 010 $a9988-647-44-1 010 $a9988-647-32-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079532 035 $a(EBL)1135323 035 $a(OCoLC)830165064 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11289294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10603904 035 $a(PQKB)10004279 035 $a(OCoLC)778448023 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135323 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10448534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135323 035 $a(PPN)187337535 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079532 100 $a20080122d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLetters on West Africa and the slave trade $ePaul Erdmann Isert's journey to Guinea and the Caribbean islands in Columbia (1788) /$ftranslated from the German and edited by Selena Axelrod Winsnes 210 $aLegon, Accra, Ghana $cSub-Saharan Publishers$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (362 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9988-647-01-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [330]-341) and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations and maps; Acknowledgements; Editor's Introduction; The background of Danish activity in Guinea and the West Indies; Biography of Isert; The book; Previous translations; This translation; Journey to Guinea and the Caribbean Islands in Columbia (1788); Preface; Table of Contents; First Letter: Guinea 10 November, 1783; Second Letter: Guinea 29 December 1783; Third Letter: Guinea 8 April 1784; Fourth Letter: Guinea 18 May 1784; Fifth Letter: Guinea 25 June 1784; Sixth Letter: Guinea 24 September 1784 327 $aSeventh Letter: Guinea 28 March 1785 Eighth Letter: Guinea 16 October 1785; Ninth Letter: Guinea 20 April 1786; Tenth Letter: Guinea 10 August 1786; Eleventh Letter: St. Criox 12 March 1787; Twelfth Letter: Martinique 10 July 1787; Appendix of Meteorological Observations; Editor's Appendices; 1. Chronology; 2. Letter to Sir Joseph Banks; 3. Materials Relating to Frederiksnopel; 4. Isert's Obituary, written by J.A. Kioge; 5. Measurements used by Isert; Bibliography; Epilogue; Index; Back Cover 330 $aPaul E. Isert, a Dane, arrived in Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in 1783, taking advantage of an opening in the slave trade between Guinea and the West Indies. He was appointed as chief surgeon to the Danish establishments on the Guinea Coast. In 1786 he sailed to the West Indies with a cargo of slaves, who revolted. His experiences in Ghana and the West Indies resolved him to end the trans-Atlantic slave abuse. This book is written in the form of letters to his father. An elusive character, it is clear that he nonetheless had an unreservedly positive attitude towards Africa and its indigenous 607 $aAfrica, West$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aWest Indies$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aDenmark$xColonies$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 676 $a306.362 700 $aIsert$b Paul Erdmann$f1756-1789.$01618293 701 $aWinsnes$b Selena Axelrod$f1925-$01618294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816629203321 996 $aLetters on West Africa and the slave trade$93949922 997 $aUNINA