Jean (John) Barbot
d. 1720
French agent in the ivory and slave trade off the coast of Guinea. Became a British subject in 1688. Travelled in Sierra Leone and western Africa.
Source
DBF.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
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