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The North-West Prospect of Cape-Coast Castle, from 'Thirty different drafts of Guinea', published 1727 (engraving)

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The North-West Prospect of Cape-Coast Castle, from 'Thirty different drafts of Guinea', published 1727 (engraving)
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Smith, William (18th century) / English
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engraving
Date
1727 AD (C18th AD)
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William Smith was a surveyor to the Royal African Company and in 1726 was sent to Guinea inorder to make surveys and drafts of the English forts and settlements there; On his return he published 'Thirty different drafts of Guinea', the results of his labours; Cape Coast Castle, in modern day Ghana, was conquered by the English in 1664; Initially used for trading in timber and gold the castle was later used for trans-Atlantic slave trading;

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