English and Dutch Forts, Accra, Gold Coast, 1727
Title, The North Prospect of the English and Dutch Forts at Accra, 1727. The caption describes geographical features of the forts and their location, food provisions available in the area, and notes there are also Negroe towns belonging to each of them (shown in illustration), and the trade of this country . . .is mostly in slaves and gold. Smith made this survey for the Royal African Company.
Image Title
English and Dutch Forts, Accra, Gold Coast, 1727
RegID
SI-OB-90
Date
1727
Title
English and Dutch Forts, Accra, Gold Coast, 1727
Source
William Smith, Thirty Different Drafts of Guinea (London, 1727), plate 25.
Language
English
Item sets
European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic--Accra
Reproduced In
William Smith, Thirty Different Drafts of Guinea (London, 1727), plate 25.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
30-Mar-17
Identifier
mariners23