The National Archives UK - CO
1870 Elmina, Ghana
A view of Elmina, Ghana, around 1870, catalogued in the UK National Archives' Colonial Office series as CO 1069-30-49. The settlement's harbor and fortifications made it one of the oldest European trading posts on the West African coast.
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