ISERT, PAUL ERDMANN:

Bref, om Guinea-kusten och Caraibiske öarne. I sammandrag från tyskan af J.H.O. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.

Pp. (iv), 222, (2). Contemporary half calf, rubbed, small damage to spine. Small stain to title. A Swedish version of Isert's "Journey to Guinea and the Caribbean Islands in Colombia" (1788) translated from the German by Johan Henrik Olin. A narrative in the form of letters by a Danish doctor serving on the Gold Cost of Africa. Bibl. Danica ii, 416. Cf Sabin 35843 (German edition).

-- Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books

Book number: 99646

Catalogue: South America

Keywords: South America, guinea, south america, colombia, travel, voyage, exploration, travels, americana, amerika, west indies,

ISERT, PAUL ERDMANN.

Bref, om Guinea-Kusten och Caraibiske Öarne. I sammandrag från Tyfkan, af J.H. O(lin).

Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (extremities of spine dam.). (4),222,(2) pp.
¶ Paul Erdmann Isert (1756-1789), Danish doctor in Christiansborg on the Gold Coast, was the first European explorer of Ashanti. He gives an account of the Danish settlements and considerable details of the customs of the natives. In 1786, on his way back, he describes the voyage from Africa to the Danish West Indies with a cargo of 452 blacks who rose against the whites on the second day at sea, with a resulting loss of 34 of their number and 2 of the crew wounded after a heated battle. He visited St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Guadeloupe and Martinique. 'Because of the sensational nature of its contents, it has been heavily drawn on by writers on the slave traffic for nearly a century and a half' (Ragatz p. 226-27). Cardinall 397 (French ed.); Gay 2812 (French ed.); Bibl. Danica II, 416; Sabin 35244; Hough, The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 405; Work p.11; Hogg 160.

-- Antiquariaat Gert Jan Bestebreurtje (NVvA/ILAB)

Book number: 27461

Keywords: Africa Ghana WIC WIC West Africa West Africa

ISERT, PAUL ERDMANN:

Bref, om Guinea-kusten och Caraibiske öarne. I sammandrag från tyskan af J.H.O. Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.

Pp. (iv), 222, (2). Uncut copy in contemporary wrappers, lower part of spine chipped. A Swedish version of Isert's "Journey to Guinea and the Caribbean Islands in Colombia" (1788) translated from the German by Johan Henrik Olin. A narrative in the form of letters by a Danish doctor serving on the Gold Cost of Africa. Contains an account of his return voyage from Africa to the West Indies. Bibl. Danica ii, 416. Cf Sabin 35244.

-- Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books

Book number: 99219

Catalogue: South America

Keywords: South America, guinea, south america, colombia, travel, voyage, exploration, travels, americana, amerika