Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . uinea was cededto Great Britain.) GUINEA, Gulf of, a portion of the AtlanticOcean, waslies that remarkable bend of WesternAfrica, which, reckoning from the north, runs firstnearly on a pai-allel, and then nearly in a may be regarded as stretching from Cape Palmas,in lat. 4° 22 N., and long. 7° 44 W., to Cape Lopez,about lat. 1° S., and in long. 8 35 E. At its north-east extremity is the delta of the Niger, betweenthe Bight of Benin on the north-west, and theBight of Biafra on the south-east. Off its eastshore, reckoning
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . uinea was cededto Great Britain.) GUINEA, Gulf of, a portion of the AtlanticOcean, waslies that remarkable bend of WesternAfrica, which, reckoning from the north, runs firstnearly on a pai-allel, and then nearly in a may be regarded as stretching from Cape Palmas,in lat. 4° 22 N., and long. 7° 44 W., to Cape Lopez,about lat. 1° S., and in long. 8 35 E. At its north-east extremity is the delta of the Niger, betweenthe Bight of Benin on the north-west, and theBight of Biafra on the south-east. Off its eastshore, reckoning from the north, are the islands ofFernando Po, Prince, and St Thomas. GUINEA, a gold coin formerly current in Britain,derived its name from the fact that the gold fromwhich the first specimens were coined was broughtfrom the Guinea coast in West Africa, and, for thesame reason, it originally bore the impression ofan elephant. It was first coined during the reignof Charles II., in 1664, and continued in com-mon use till 1817, when it was superseded by the. Guinea of Charles II. Sovereign (q. y.). Its value varied considerably atdiSerent periods, but was latterly fixed at twenty-one shilluigs. If: is still customary in Great Britainto estimate professional fees, honoraria of aU kinds,complimentary subscrijitions, prices of pictures, & guineas; to give a physician three sovereignsand three shillings, rather than tlii-ee sovereignsalone, or even three sovereigns and five shillings,is supposed to make the transaction differ from amere mercantile one, and thus veils the sordidnesswhich is fancied to attach to pounds, shillings,and pence. GUINEA CORN, a name sometimes given toDurra (q. v.); sometimes to another cereal grass,PeniciUaria spicata or Pennisetum typhoideum, veryextensively cultivated in Central Africa, and tosome extent also in India, where it is called is of the tribe Pavicea;, and may be regarded asone of the millets. It is a grass with a spike-likecyli
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