A voyage to Senegal

Map of the Western Coast of Africa from Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone with the Courses of the Rivers Senegal and Gambia, Shewing the Journey of M. Durand from Senegal to Galam.
Published Sep t . 30 th 1806 by Ric h . Philips New Bridge Street.
OR,
HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND POLITICAL MEMOIRS,
RELATIVE TO THE DISCOVERIES, ESTABLISHMENTS, AND COMMERCE OF EUROPEANS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
FROM Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone.
TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM ISLE ST. LOUIS TO GALAM.
BY J. P. L. DURAND, FORMERLY GOVERNOR OF ISLE ST. LOUIS.
Translated from the French, & embellished with numerous Engravings.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, 6, NEW BRIDGE STREET, By J. G. Barnard, 57, Snow Hill.
1806
SINCE the activity of commerce, and the necessity of understanding its relations, induced the maritime powers of Europe to attempt fresh discoveries, all their efforts have been directed towards the new world. When the most fertile parts of that continent, and its still more productive isles, were discovered and explored, the enterprising spirit of navigators carried them even to the south pole; in short, the most distant and hazardous expeditions were undertaken, and immense sums were disbursed to find out a few corners of the earth which were uninhabited.