View of the fort and the roadstead at Elmina
Propheet, Hans
View of the fort and the roadstead at Elmina.
Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Afbeelding van het Kasteel d'Elmina en het fort St. Jago, benevens de gelande troepen en eene Vloot op de reede.
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On the shore Dutch troops who have landed are shown battling with Ghanaians. The fort is still in Portuguese hands. This may be a depiction of the expedition headed by Jan Dirckszoon Lam in 1625. In 1637 the fort was to fall into Dutch hands.
Strips of Japanese paper have been pasted along the edges of the picture.
Notes on reverse: Afbeelding van het Kasteel d'Elmina en het fort St. Jago, benevens de gelande troepen en eene vloot op de reede [in pencil] / Hans Propheet, 1629 [in pencil] / 468 [stamped in bold on a small label].
Notes in the Leupe catalogue (NA): De vloot op de reede leggende, bestaat uit 19 schepen.
Top right: Mc: sc[?] / Hans Propheet.
Top left and bottom right, twice: 771 [in pencil].
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