Grain Coast
Americannoun
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Its seeds were called “Grains of Paradise,” or maniguetta, and the coast alluded to by Columbus, between Liberia and Cape Palmas, was hence called the Grain Coast.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Julius E. Olson
The Spaniard had been chartered by the Don to bring from the Grain Coast a cargo of rice, which he was to collect under my instructions.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
The language of the Gold and Ivory Coasts we find much fuller than those on the Grain Coast.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams
Among the Grain Coast tribes however, the girls go into a magic wood until they are married.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
In the 14th century it was imported into Europe from the Grain Coast, under the name of pepper, by merchants of Rouen and Lippe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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