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Conquest of Guinea.- Houghton (Thomas) Europe's Glory: or, Peace & Plenty to the People thereof, first edition, headline just trimmed in a couple of places, some light browning, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine and part of upper cover sunned, [Wing H2927; Kress 1901; not in Goldsmiths], 4to, 1695.

⁂ A scheme whereby a European force would effect the conquest of Guinea, including the Gold Coast, from the River Gambia in the north to Angola in the south, providing riches as great as those in the Americas. Many comparisons and descriptions of the West Indies, Peru etc. and the trade carried on with the Americas. Rare at auction with only one copy recorded, in 1988.

Description

Conquest of Guinea.- Houghton (Thomas) Europe's Glory: or, Peace & Plenty to the People thereof, first edition, headline just trimmed in a couple of places, some light browning, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine and part of upper cover sunned, [Wing H2927; Kress 1901; not in Goldsmiths], 4to, 1695.

⁂ A scheme whereby a European force would effect the conquest of Guinea, including the Gold Coast, from the River Gambia in the north to Angola in the south, providing riches as great as those in the Americas. Many comparisons and descriptions of the West Indies, Peru etc. and the trade carried on with the Americas. Rare at auction with only one copy recorded, in 1988.

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