Chateau de Cormantin
"Cormantin Castle" (caption translation). From the Voltaic region, this view from the sea shows Cormantin castle in the distant background. In the foreground, there are several European ships. For an informed discussion of Dapper as an historical source, see Adam Jones, Decompiling Dapper: A Preliminary Search for Evidence (History in Africa, vol. 17 [1990], pp. 171-290).
Image Title
Chateau de Cormantin
RegID
SI-OB-115
Date
Late-1600s
Title
Chateau de Cormantin
Source
D. O. Dapper, Description de l'Afrique . . . Traduite du Flamand (Amsterdam,1686; 1st ed., 1668), between pp. 284-85. (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
Language
French
Item sets
European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic--Cormantin
Reproduced In
D. O. Dapper, Description de l'Afrique . . . Traduite du Flamand (Amsterdam,1686; 1st ed., 1668), between pp. 284-85.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
D019