Barra Kunda

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Barra Kunda (spelling variant: Barrakunda , Barracunda or French Barracounda ) was a small settlement in the area of ​​the present-day state of Senegal , near the border with Gambia . The next modern place is Genoto (around 0.5 kilometers away). Richard Jobson described the place in January 1621 as the most distant point of European shipping on the Gambia . The place where there was also a trading post had fallen into desolation in the early 18th century.

The Barrakunda Falls are nearby .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Cambridge history of Africa
  2. ^ Journal of African history
  3. ↑ Modern history of the Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Persians, Turks, and Russians, etc.

Coordinates: 13 ° 32'55.7 "  N , 13 ° 49'9.2"  W.