Print Description
This print shows a view on Fort San Sebastian located in Shama or Ghama on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana. The fort was originally built between 1520 and 1526 by the Portuguese as a trading post and to deter English traders. The West India Company (WIC) captured and rebuilt the weakened fort around 1642. The engraving shows the fort in colonial times with the Dutch flag on the bastons.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Bosman.
Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15.5 x 20 cm (6.1 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 14 x 16.5 cm. (5.51 x 6.5 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Creases. Tear in lower margin restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FORT-GHANA-FORT SAN SEBASTIAN-SHAMA-GHAMA-GOLD COAST-WIC-DUTCH FLAG | RBOS-A11-25
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in the famous book “Nauwkeurige beschrijving van de Guinese Goud-, Tand- en Slaavenkust” by trader and author Willem Bosman, Utrecht 1705.
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