Elmina
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Elmina is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region. It is situated on a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, 12.2 km west of Cape Coas
Benya lagoon and it surroundings located in Elmina
St. George Castle, Elmina, Ghana
Canoes at the shore
Dutch troops on the shore who have landed are shown battling with natives to take the local fort
Battle of Guinea
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The Battle of Guinea took place on the Gulf of Guinea, in West Africa, 1478, between a Portuguese fleet and a Castilian fleet in the context of the War of the Castilian Succession.
Elmina
…Ghana (1957–present) In 1478, during the War of the Castilian Succession, a Castilian armada of 35 caravels and a Portuguese fleet fought a large naval battle near Elmina for the control of the Guinea trade (gold, slaves, ivory and melegueta pepper), the Battle of Guinea. The war ended with a Portuguese naval…
15th-century painting of King Afonso V of Portugal