View of the English and Dutch forts at Akkra, seen from the north

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View of the English and Dutch forts at Akkra, seen from the north

Basire, I. / Anoniem / Anonymous

View of the English and Dutch forts at Akkra, viewed from the north. -North Prospect of ye English & Dutch Forts at Akkra.

Inset: Plan of the English fort of St. James.

Various indigenous reptiles and insects are depicted underneath the picture of the fort.

Bottom right: Vol. 2. Pl. 67. p. 616.

Bottom left: No: LXXV.

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Is part of:

Crevecoeur, fort Accra

Creator

Basire, I. (engraver / etcher)

Anoniem / Anonymous (publisher)

Period

1745

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

17 x 25,5 cm17 x 25,5 cm

Number

3032 B 10, to. p. 616

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, key, Map/Chart/Plan, fortification, house, building, fauna, ship / vessel

Inscription

North Prospect of ye English & Dutch Forts at Akkra

Sources and literature

Green, John, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travel:: Consisting: Of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America [...] (1745 - 1747)