Cabo Corso Castle on the Gold Coast of Africa
This image of Cape Coast castle in the Voltaic region shows central courtyard and surrounding walls/ramparts, guns pointing to sea, and European soldiers drilling in courtyard; African town to right. This image is taken from some secondary source and ultimately derives from a 1682 drawing by Henry Greenhill (1646-1708). Greenhill was appointed Governor of the Gold Coast by the Royal African Company. For more details see A. W. Lawrence, Trade Castles and Forts of West Africa (Stanford Univ. Press, 1964), plate 37 and passim. See also image D008.
Image Title
Cabo Corso Castle on the Gold Coast of Africa
RegID
SI-OB-113
Date
1682
Title
Cabo Corso Castle on the Gold Coast of Africa
Source
Kwesi J. Anquandah, Castles & Forts of Ghana (Ghana Museums & Monuments Board, 1999), p. 13
Language
English
Item sets
European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic--Cape Coast
Reproduced In
Kwesi J. Anquandah, Castles & Forts of Ghana (Ghana Museums & Monuments Board, 1999), p. 13
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
D007