¹ Since 1974 much greater light has been shed on this particular corner of Africa, especially in: Robin Law (ed.), The English in West Africa. The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681–1699 (three volumes) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997–2006).

² This proved to be true for other editions of African texts that were to follow, e.g., that of the work of Jean Barbot.

³ And probably put paid to any modern translation incorporating Van Dantzig’s work integrally.

⁴ Adam Jones, Raw, Medium and Well Done: a Critical Review of Editorial and Quasi-Editorial Work on Pre-1885 European Sources for Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–1986 (Madison: African Studies Program, 1987).