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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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French naval convoy under Chevalier de Glandeves returns to Toulon from successful month-long voyage along Guinea coast, securing local chiefs' willingness to trade with France amid intertribal wars and prisoner sales to Europeans.
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We hear from Toulon, that the convoy and the ship of war L'Oriflamme, men of war, commanded by the Chevalier de Glandeves, arrived there the 11th instant from their voyage to the coast of Guinea, which has been as successful as we could wish. Those ships employed a month in ranging all the coast, going into every port, harbour, bay, or river, and at every place sending an officer to confer with the princes or chiefs of the people settled along the coast; all which princes have expressed a great kindness for the French nation, and intimated that they would be very glad to trade with us; which is all we wanted. The several nations or tribes inhabiting that coast are continually at war with each other, and sell to the Europeans the prisoners they take in battle. They have no fixed habitations, but live in tents, and shift their quarters when they can no longer live in a place.
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Coast Of Guinea
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The 11th Instant
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successful voyage; local princes expressed kindness for french and willingness to trade
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Convoy and ship of war L'Oriflamme, commanded by Chevalier de Glandeves, arrived at Toulon from month-long voyage along Guinea coast, visiting ports and conferring with local princes who showed interest in trading with France; coastal tribes at war, sell prisoners to Europeans, nomadic tent-dwellers.