Willem Bosman was a merchant in the service of the Dutch West India Company, spending most of his time in the Dutch Gold Coast.
Bosman was born in Utrecht. Although he sailed to the Gold Coast as an apprentice when he was only 16 years of age, he... Wikipedia
Born: January 12, 1672, Utrecht, Netherlands
Books
A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea
1704
A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, Divided Into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts. To Which is Prefix'd, an Exact Map of the Whole Coast of Guinea
A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, Divided Into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts. ... Illustrated With Several Cuts. Written Originally in Dutch by William Bosman, ... The Second Edition
A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea: divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts : containing a geographical, political, and natural history of the kingdoms and countries : with a particular account ... of all the European settlements upon that coast