Het Kasteel Del Mina, gelegen in Guinea, niet verre van den uithock, Kab de Tres puntas. Delmina, a fodinis dicta: Sire S: Georgii Oppidum maritimum, ad Benjae fluvium in regni Fetueni terminis.
Pet: Schenk Amsteld. C.P.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving. Plate 216 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½".
A view of Elmina Castle which was erected by Portugal in 1482 in present day Elmina, Ghana. It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea. The castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade.
NMM: PAD1931.
[Ref: 23745] £220.00
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving. Plate 216 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½".
A view of Elmina Castle which was erected by Portugal in 1482 in present day Elmina, Ghana. It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea. The castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade.
NMM: PAD1931.
[Ref: 23745] £220.00