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Number: | 3283 |
Continent: | Africa |
Region: | West |
Place Names: | Ghana, Shama, Sama, Fort San Sebastian, Fort Hollandois, |
Year of Origin: | 1747 |
Title: | Plan Du Fort Hollandois De Sama nomme St. Sebastien Situe a la Coste de Guinee |
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Language: | French |
Publish Origin: | Paris |
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Cartographer: |
Jacques Nicolas Bellin |
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Publisher: |
Abbe Antoine Francois Prevost d'Exiles Jacques Nicolas Bellin |
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Measurement Notes: | modern estimates |
Notes: | [source Dimambro] Slave Trade site; Dutch fort is the 3rd oldest slave trade site in Ghana; It was built by the Portuguese from 1520 to 1526 as a trading post in and captured by the Dutch West India Company in 1642. The original purpose of the fort was to serve as a deterrent to English sailors interfering in Shama trade.[1] The first black European university professor, Anton Wilhelm Amo, lies interred in the fort's graveyard. The fort was ceded with the entire Dutch Gold Coast to Britain in 1872. |
Last updated: Jul 4, 2020 |