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Elmina fishing fleet
Elmina fishing fleet

Elmina is a town situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, lying west of Cape Coast. The first European settlement in West Africa, it now has a population of around 20,000 people. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 792 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,152 × 872 pixels, file size: 407 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: The fishing fleet in Elmina, near the city of Cape Coast, Ghana. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 792 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,152 × 872 pixels, file size: 407 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: The fishing fleet in Elmina, near the city of Cape Coast, Ghana. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ...



The town grew around São Jorge da Mina Castle, built by the Portuguese Diogo de Azambuja in 1482, and was Portugal's West African headquarters for trade and exploitation of African wealth. The original Portuguese interest was gold but this later expanded to include tens of thousands of slaves channeled through the trading post of El Mina. The location of Elmina made it a significant site for reprovisioning ships headed south towards the Cape of Good Hope on their way to India. The Dutch West India Company captured it in 1637; in subsequent centuries it was mostly used for the slave trade. The city remained in Dutch hands until 1872, when it was sold to the English. St. ... Diogo de Azambuja (1432-1518) Portuguese explorer of the African coast, lead an expedition into the Gold Coast with Bartolomeu Dias, in 1481. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... Dutch West India Company (Dutch: West-Indische Compagnie or WIC) was a company of Dutch merchants. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... “UK” redirects here. ...


Elmina is also home to Fort St Jago, built by the Dutch in 1666, several Asafo shrines and a lagoon. Today, Elmina's main industry is fishing. 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ... Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... This mid bay barrier in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney (Australia), has blocked what used to be a bay to form a lagoon. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...


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Coordinates: 5°05′N, 1°21′W Portugal was the leading country in the European exploration of the world in the 15th century. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Elmina - Ghana - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer (2568 words)
Elmina is a lovely little town, curved around the back of a large south-facing crescent bay that gradually rises into a series of small hills behind the town.
A red Catholic church dominates Elmina from a hill to the north, while bang in the middle of town is a striking Methodist church; finally a Presbyterian church to the northeast is a vivid reminder that Ghana is home to a staggering number of different brands of Christianity.
Elmina's touts have a long way to go before they're up to Malian standards, but it would be awful if, in ten years' time, visitors just think of it as a pretty place that's spoiled by the hassle.
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