num_pages: 156
description: This is the first English edition of the Memoirs of Giambattista Scala, who from 1852 to 1859 was a pioneer in the "legitimate" trade which was replacing the Atlantic slave trade. From his vantage point in Lagos, Scala witnessed and recorded the dying years of the slave traffic and the growth of an export trade from West Africa to Europe, notably in palm products.
language: English
title: Memoirs of Giambattista Scala: Consul of his Italian Majesty in lagos in Guinea (1862)
titlecomplete: Memoirs of Giambattista Scala: Consul of his Italian Majesty in lagos in Guinea (1862) (Sources of African History)
publisher: British Academy