Casteel del Mina
"Mina Castle" (caption translation). This image of Elmina in the Voltiac region shows a neighboring African town and European ships in the harbor. 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
Casteel del Mina
RegID
SI-OB-118
Date
Late-1600s
Title
Casteel del Mina
Source
D. O. Dapper, Description de l'Afrique . . . Traduite du Flamand (Amsterdam,1686; 1st ed., 1668). (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
Language
French
Item sets
European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic--Elmina
Reproduced In
D. O. Dapper, Description de l'Afrique . . . Traduite du Flamand (Amsterdam,1686; 1st ed., 1668).
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
D017