Old Map of Gold Coast

Old Map of the British Gold Coast Colony

Find below; Old maps and symboles of Gold Coast

Elephant and palm-tree; Symbol of British Gold Coast. Beside; Plan to a Slave Trading Castle.

The names say it all. Each coast had an specific name. Exploiting Africa / West Africa.

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Old map of the Gold Coast, included the most important castles and slave trading forts on the coast. Old map ca 160 - 1700.

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Elmina Castle

Cape Coast - as seen on old postcards and photo`s. Most of the scenes where shoot ca 115 years ago, but we have also included some far older lithographic prints of Vincent book prints.

Pictures of Old Cape Coast and area

It is situated 165 km west of Accra on the Gulf of Guinea. It has a population of 82,291 (2000 census). From the 16th century the city has changed hands between the British, the Portuguese, the Swedish, the Danish and the Dutch. The city was originally known as Oguaa.
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In the days of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade the Europeans built a series of fortified trading posts & castles along the coast of West Africa. Ghana has the largest collection of these slave trade castles. Cape Coast in Ghana's Central region.
Pictures - Inside of Cape Coast Castle

Pictures - Outside of Cape Coast Castle

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Cape Coast - See here pictures of Cape Coast and area of Cape Coast. Cape Coast id the capital of the Central region of Ghana. There are many hotels, guesthouses, a large University, hospitals, schools. Some fantastic local markets and amazing beaches around.
The city located is near kakum National Park, Elmina and Elmina Castle. From there, you might easy travel furter to Sekondi-Takoradi, the capital of the Western region of Ghana.

Pictures of Cape Coast, capital of the Central region of Ghana

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