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Image Reference
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Source
William Smith, Thirty different drafts of Guinea (London, 1727?), plate 10. (Courtesy of The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia)
Comments
Caption: "The South Prospect of Dixcove Fort Drawn 1727, ye hithermost English fort on the Gold Coast . . . and is subordinate to Cape-Coast." Describes geographical features of area and food provisioning; note the African towns outside of the fort. Smith made his survey for the Royal African Company.
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