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Fort St. Jacques, Gambia, 1695
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Fort St. Jacques, Gambia, 1695

Image Reference: FROG-32 Source: Francois Froger, Relation d'un Voyage fait en 1695, 1696, & 1697 aux Cotes d'Afrique. Bresil, Cayenne & Isles Antilles (Paris, 1698), facing p. 32. (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library) Comments: "Plan du Fort St. Jacques, situé dans la riviere de Gambia," showing layout and architectural features, including holding areas or quarters for slaves ("cases des negres" and "logement des Negres"); also, for example, (A) the Governor's quarters/residence and (C) powder magazine. Also published in Jean Baptiste Labat, Nouvelle Relation de l'Afrique Occidentale (Paris, 1728), vol. 4, facing p. 286.

Date
1695
Mapmaker / publisher
Francois Froger
Place
the Gambia
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
774 × 600 pixels

Public domain

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