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Title: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce : wrecked on the western cost of Africa, in the month of August, 1815.
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Riley, James, 1777-1840 Bleecker, Anthony, 1770-1827
Subjects: Commerce (Brig) Slavery
Publisher: New-York : Printed and published for the author, by T. & W. Mercein, no. 93 Gold-street

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of Africa, and in factnearly across the Northern Atlantic ocean, the trade winds, as theyare called, set in and generally prevail, blowing from North to N..E. or East from about latitude 32. N. on the African coast:—-thatfarther vvestward, they only begin in the latitudes, from 30. to 20.—in the last mentioned latitude near the coast of America, theygenerally blow from the N. E. to the parallel of 23. of North latitude, when they turn more to the Eastward as you gain the offingfrom the African continent. The coast of Africa from Cape Spar°tel in latitude 34. 40, to Cape Blanco, in about latitude 33, tendsabout S. W. thence about S. S. W. to Santa Cruz de Berberia, orAgader--the Southern and Westernmost port in the Empire ofMorocco, in about the latitude 30. N. and longitude 10. W. fromLondon--il then turns abruptly off to the W. S. Westward to CapeNun, and continues nearly the same course, about W. S. W. withlittle variation to Cape Bai.idor, about lrUitii<Jp 16. N. lort^ifude
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APPENDIX. Observations on the rvinds, currents, 4C. in some parts of the At-iantic ocean, developing the causes of so many shipwrecks on ike Wes-tern coast of Jijrica :—a mode pointed out for visiting the famousCity of Tomhucioot, on the river Niger, together with some originaland official letters, 4*c. ^c. Being safely at sea on board a good ship, and on my way to joinmy family, my mind was more tranquilized than it had before beensince my redemption, and I turned my thoughts to the natural ,causes which had produced my late disaster. Upon taking a fullview of the subject according to the best of my capacity, I feltconvinced that not only piy own vessel was driven on shore by acommon current, but that most of the others that are known to have ,been wrecked from time to time on the same coast, have beenoperated upon by the same natural causes. In order briefly to il-lustrate my position, 1 shall begin by stating, that to men who areconversnnt with maritime affairs, and particularly

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