An interim and makeshift edition of André Alvares de Almada's brief treatise of the rivers of Guinea: being an English transl. of a variorum text of Tratado breve dos Rios de Guiné (c. 1594) organised by the late Avelino Teixeira da Mota, together with incompl. annot

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Title:	An interim and makeshift edition of André Alvares de Almada's brief treatise of the rivers of Guinea: being an English transl. of a variorum text of Tratado breve dos Rios de Guiné (c. 1594) organised by the late Avelino Teixeira da Mota, together with incompl. annot.
Editors:	Hair, P.E.H. Boulègue, Jean
Year:	1984
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Liverpool
Publisher:	Department of history, University of Liverpool
Geographic terms:	West Africa Portugal
Subjects:	colonization mercantile history
Abstract:	ALMADA, born ca. 1550 in the Cape Verde Islands, was involved in trading to various parts of the mainland, especially in the 1570s. His treatise, covering almost completely the coast between Cape Verde and the shoals of St. Ann, is outstandingly informative about the role of the Cape Verde Islands in the coastal economy and the shape of the mainland societies with which the islanders were in contact.