Memoirs of Giambattista Scala Consul of His Italian Majesty in Lagos in Guinea (1862) |
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| Author:
| Scala, Giambattista
Packman, Brenda |
| Editor:
| Smith, Robert |
| Series title: | Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-726204-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $66.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first English edition of the Memoirs of Giambattista Scala, who from 1852 to 1859 was a pioneer in the "legitimate" trade which was replacing the Atlantic slave trade. From his vantage point in Lagos, Scala witnessed and recorded the dying years of the slave traffic and the growth of an export trade from West Africa to Europe, notably in palm products.
This is the first English edition of the Memoirs of Giambattista Scala, who from 1852 to 1859 was a pioneer in the "legitimate" trade which was replacing the Atlantic slave trade. From his vantage point in Lagos, Scala witnessed and recorded the dying years of the slave traffic and the growth of an export trade from West Africa to Europe, notably in palm products.