Elmina ca
1865 Elmina, Ghana
Elmina's waterfront around 1865, with the walls of the Dutch-era castle overlooking the fishing town that grew up beside it on Ghana's Gold Coast. The fort had already stood for centuries by the time this photograph was taken.
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