Untitled Image (Elmina Castle)
This view of Elmina in the Voltaic region is from the sea and depicts an African town on right. This image was originally drawn by Johannes Vingboon (1616/1617-1670), who was a Dutch artist who never went to Africa.
Image Title
Untitled Image (Elmina Castle)
RegID
SI-OB-108
Date
1640-1644
Title
Untitled Image (Elmina Castle)
Source
A. W. Lawrence, Trade Castles and Forts of West Africa (Stanford Univ. Press, 1964), plate 8b. See also F. C. Wieder (ed.), Monumenta Cartographica (The Hague, 1925,1933).
Language
English
Item sets
European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic--Elmina
Reproduced In
A. W. Lawrence, Trade Castles and Forts of West Africa (Stanford Univ. Press, 1964), plate 8b. See also F. C. Wieder (ed.), Monumenta Cartographica (The Hague, 1925,1933).
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
D015