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1. Vue Est du Cap Corse, Dessine en 1727, par Smith 2. Vue Nord Ouest du Cap Corse
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Two views, from the east and from the northwest, of the British Cape Coast (Cap Corse) Castle on the Gold Coast of West Africa (today's Ghana), on a single composite page of the atlas volume of Prévost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Générale des Voyages. Founded as a trading station by the Portuguese in 1555, Cape Coast was one of the many "slave castles" built by European powers to hold enslaved Africans before the hellish trans-Atlantic Middle Passage crossing to the Americas. Item Number: G2949
Cartographer: Bellin/Prevost d'Exiles
Place & Date: Paris / 1755
Size: 6 7/8" x 4 5/8" (each image)
Condition: b&w; light overall age toning, minor spotting in margins
Price: SOLD