a) Describe the broader historical situation in Africa at the time that Jean Barbot wrote his book. 

b) Explain ONE way in which the passage illustrates the continuing development of the Atlantic in the seventeenth century. 

c) Explain ONE way in which Barbot’s background might have influenced his comments about the Dutch and the Portuguese in the second paragraph.

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