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These materials consist primarily of the African, Furley and Folio collections which are being kept at the Africana section of the Balme Library, University of Ghana. Furley and Folio were Dutch writers in the colonial period in the history of Ghana

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The collection includes documentary materials relating to the history of Ghana, old books, maps, engravings, pamphlets and manuscripts but most of all archival material. Some portions of the Furley collection contains essays on the local history, customs histories and constitutions of the various tribes of the Gold Coast which was later published in two slim volumes by Welman on Ahanta and Peki

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Furley presented his enormous collection of documentary materials of various kinds to the library of the University College of the Gold Coast. After his death, his widow added to this collection some materials which Furley had collected in the last years of his life

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    A Short History of Sierra Leone
    (The Nation Printing and Publishing Company, Dublin., 1900) Crooks, J.J.
    In the following pages I have attempted to give an outline of the History of the Colony of Sierra Leone for the use of children.
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    West African Studies
    (Macmillan And Co., Limited, 1899) Kingsley, M.H.
    Regarding a voyage on a West Coast boat, with some observations on the natural history of mariners never before published; to which is added some description of the habits and nature of the ant and other insects, to the end that the new-comer be informed concerning these things before he lands in Afrik. THERE are some people who will tell you that the labour problem is the most difficult affair that Africa presents to the student; others give the first place to the influence of civilization on native races, or to the interacting of the interests of the various white Powers on that continent, or to the successful sanitation of the said continent, or some other high-sounding thing; but I, who have an acquaintance with all these matters, and think them well enough, as intellectual exercises, yet look upon them as slight compared to the problem of the West Coast Boat.
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    Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrims in Twenty Volumes Volume XVIII
    (James Maclehose and Sons, 1906) Purchas, S.
    Sotos further Discoveries in Florida and manifold various Adventures till hee came to Tulla. Governour departed from Cutifa Chiqui the third day of May. And because the Indians had revolted, and the will of the Ladie was perceived, that if shee could, shee would depart without giving any Guides or men for burdens, for the wrongs which the Christians had done to the Indians: (for there never want some among many of a base sort, that for a little gaine doe put themselves and others in danger of undoing.
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    Hakluytus Posthumus or Pure has His Pilgrimes in Twenty Volumes Volume XIX
    (James Maclehouse and sons, 1906) Purchas, S.
    A Letter of M. Gabriel Archar, touching the Voyage of the Fleet of Ships, which arrived at Virginia, without Sir Tho. Gates, and Sir George Summers, 1609. Woolwich the fifteenth of May, 1609, seventh saile weyed anchor, and came to Plimmouth the twentieth day, where Sir George Somers, with two small Vessels, consorted with us. H ere we tooke into the Blessing (being the ship wherein I went) sixe Mares and two H orses; and the Fleet layed in some necessaries belonging to the action: In which businesse we spent time till the second of June. And then wee set sayle to Sea, but crost by South-west windes, we in to Faulemouth, and there staying till the eight 0 June, we then ~ate out. Our Course was commanded to leave the Cananes one hundred leagues to the Eastward at least, and to steere away directly for Virginia, without touching at the West Indies, except the Fleet should chance to be separated, then they were to repaire to the Bermuda, there to stay seven dayes in expectation of the Admirall; and if they found him not, then to take their course to Virginia.
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    Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrims in Twenty Volumes Volume XX
    (James Maclehose and Sons, 1907) Purchas, S.
    Brief and true report of the Honorable Voyage unto Cadiz, 1596. of the overthrow of the Kings Fleete, and of the winning of the City, with other accidents, gathered out of Meteranus, Master Hackillyt* and others.
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    Hakluytus Posthumusor' Purchas His Pilgrimes in Twenty Volumes Volume XV
    (James Maclohose and Sons, 1906) Purchas, S.
    Observations gathered out of the First, Second, third, and Fourth Books of Josephus Acosta, a learned Jesuite Touching the natural historic of the Heavens, Ayre, Water, and Earth; 1t the West Indies. Also of their Beam, Fishes, Fowles, Plants, and other remarkable Rarities of Nature.
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    Hakluytus Posthumous or Purchas His Pilgrims Containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Land Travels by Englishmen and others
    (James Maclehose and Sons, 1906) Purchas, S.
    Thought good here to give an account of my course. Having spent much time in that other World, so little known to This (Tartaria and China) that the parts least known might be made best known: I have comne nearer home, to Russia, and her neighbours, the nearer, or Chrim · Tartars, the Samoyeds, and others; whereof Doctor Fletchers Story being so elaborate (where, though the centre bee Russia, yet his circumference is more generall) and by men judicious which have in those parts enjoyed most honourable employment, and exactest intelligence, commended : I have given the first place
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    Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrims Containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Land Travels by Englishmen and others
    (James MacLehose and Sons, 1905) Purchas, S.
    SAMUEL PURCHAS, son of George Purchas, Yeoman, was born at Thaxted in Essex. The date of his birth is uncertain; in his Marriage Allegation, dated 2nd December, 1601, his age is given at 'about 27,' but in the Thaxted Baptismal Register the date of his baptism is entered as '20th November, 1577.' The use of the word 'about' points to some uncertainty in the mind of the writer, and it is probable that his baptism took place shortly after his birth, and that at the time of his marriage he was really only in his twenty-fifth year. This is confirmed by the statement on the engraved title page of his' Pilgrimes,' that at the date of its publication in 1625 he was aged forty-eight. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1600, -and afterwards proceeded to that of B.D. In 1601 he was Curate of Purleigh in Essex, where he married in December of that year Jane Lease, daughter of Vincent Lease of Westhall, Co. Suffolk, Yeoman. Both Purchas and his bride are described as household servants of Dr. Freake, Parson of Purleigh. On the 24th Aqgust, 1604, he was instituted to the Vicarage of Eastwood on the presentation of the King, and there he remained until 1614.