This lovely set of maps, views and engravings was issued in the fifth volume of John & Awnsham Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels. The fifth volume was written by John Barbot, Agent-General of the Royal Company in Africa, with secondary title A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea; and of Ethiopia Inferior, Vulgarly Angola: Being a New and Accurate Account of the Western Maritime Countries of Africa. The plates are all double-page and measure around 14 x 10", with the exception of the last two plates which are single-page. The list includes:
A New Correct Mapp of Calbar River... The Prospect of the Negroes Town of Rufisco. A Map of the Island Cayenne [on sheet with other maps/views] [Two maps on sheet with illustrations of local fish] The Prospect of St. George's Castle at Mana [Untitled map of the Angolan coast] [A series of approach views to the Canary Islands] [Map of West African coastline with two insets] [Map of the Guinean coastline] The Prospect of the Island of Goeree [with two insets] [Two views of canoes - fishing and holding slaves] A View of Cabo Corso Castle The Prospect of Fort Nassaw at Mouree... The Prospect of the English Castle at Anamabou The Prospect of the Bay and Town Sto. Antonio [11 insets showing various forts and castles] The Prospect of the Habitation of the French Senegal Company [on sheet with] The Island St. Lewis (6.5 x 9.5"). A Map of Cacheo River... [on sheet with] A Prospect of the Portuguese Town of Cacheo... (5.5 x 8.4")
References: Sabin #13015.
Condition: A
Crisp impressions on clean bright sheets with an occasional spot of foxing or faint dampstain confined to the blank margins.