Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (Werelderfgoed nr. 34)
Instelling (UNESCO): de versterkte handelsposten ('fortified trading posts') langs de kust van Ghana, gesticht tussen 1482 en 1786 door Portugezen, Spanjaarden, Denen, Zweden, Nederlanders, Duitsers en Britten. Eerst de goudhandel, later de slavenhandel. Bruikbaar bij de term handelspost en voor Elmina.
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Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (Werelderfgoed nr. 34)
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4 november 2026, Claude (scout, Sonnet): Pagina gelezen. Letterlijk: 'These fortified trading posts, founded between 1482 and 1786, and spanning a distance of approximately 500 km along the coast of Ghana ... were links in the trading routes established by the Portuguese'; 'built and occupied at different times by traders from Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Germany and Britain. They served the gold trade of European chartered companies. Latterly they played a significant part in the developing slave trade'; 'St. George's d'Elmina Castle, built in 1482, is one of the oldest European buildings outside Europe'; 'a kind of "shopping street" of West Africa to which traders of Europe's most important maritime nations came to exchange their goods for those of African traders, some of whom came from very far in the interior'.
