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3. On the Races of the Western Coast of Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

Luke Smyth O'Connor C.B.
Luke Smyth O'Connor C.B.
Affiliation:
Governor of the Gambia.
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Extract

The British possess three colonies on the western coast of Africa: Gambia, 2490 miles from England, in latitude 13° 30' N., longitude 14° 40' W.; 500 miles south, Sierra Leone, in latitude 8° 30' N., longitude 13° 10' W.; and, 1500 miles down in the Bight of Benin, Gold or Cape Coast Castle, in latitude 5° 5' 25” N., longitude 1° 12' 45” W.

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Proceedings 1856-57
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 3 , 1857 , pp. 429 - 433
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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