In which district of Ghana can one find a fort, erected on the site of a previous Swedish trading post, built by the British between 1768 and 1770?
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Fort Apollonia Fort Apollonia is a fort in Beyin, Ghana. The name Apollonia was given to the area by a Portuguese explorer who sighted the place on the Feast of Saint Apollonia, 9 February. The Swedes established a trading post at Apollona as part of the Swedish Gold Coast between 1655-1657. In 1691, a British trading post was erected at this site, which between 1768 and 1770 was extended into a fort. After the abolition of slave trade, the fort was abandoned in 1819, but it was again occupied from 1836 onwards.
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Beyin Beyin is a village in the Jomoro district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana. Beyin contains the Fort Apollonia Castle.
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Portuguese Gold Coast The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present day Ghana) on the Gulf of Guinea.
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Danish Gold Coast The Danish Gold Coast (Danish: "Danske Guldkyst" or "Dansk Guinea") denotes the colonies that Denmark-Norway controlled in Africa as a part of the Gold Coast (roughly present-day southeast Ghana), which is on the petroleum and natural gas rich Gulf of Guinea. It was colonized by the Dano-Norwegian fleet, first under indirect rule by the Danish West India Company (a chartered company), later as a crown colony of the kingdom of Denmark-Norway.
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Ussher Fort Ussher Fort is a fort in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crèvecœur, and is a day's march from Elmina and to the east of Accra on a rocky point between two lagoons. It was one of three forts that Europeans built in the region during the middle of the 17th century. Fort Crèvecœur was part of the Dutch Gold Coast. The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867), which defined areas of influence on the Gold Coast, transferred it to the British in 1868.
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Archaeology of Banda District (Ghana) Banda District in Ghana plays an important role in the understanding of trade networks and the way they shaped the lives of people living in western Africa. Banda District is located in West Central Ghana, just south of the Black Volta River in a savanna woodland environment. This region has many connections to trans-Saharan trade, as well as Atlantic trade and British colonial and economic interests. The effects of these interactions can be seen archaeologically through the presence of exotic goods and export of local materials, production of pottery and metals, as well as changes in lifestyle and subsistence patterns. Pioneering archaeological research in this area was conducted by Ann Stahl.
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Kwadjokrom Kwadjokrom is a small town and is the capital of Sene District in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Eastern Region in south Ghana. Kwadjokrom is in the east of Brong-Ahafo Region, and is situated by Lake Volta. Kwadjokrom is connected by road highway to Ejura and Yeji. Kwadjokrom is connected by a ferry to the town of Kete Krachi.
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Jamestown/Usshertown, Accra Located directly east of the Korle Lagoon, Jamestown and Usshertown are the oldest districts in the city of Accra, Ghana and emerged as communities around the 17th century British James Fort and Ussher Fort on the Gulf of Guinea coast. These districts were heavily developed by the end of the 19th century, and following the rapid growth of the city during the 20th century, they became areas of a dense mixture of commercial and residential use.
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Kwahu Plateau The Kwahu Plateau is a 260 km long plateau in southern Ghana. It consist of the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River Basin. It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the Volta River system from rivers in the western half of Ghana which flows into the Atlantic Ocean(Birim,Pra, Ankobra). The plateau has an average elevation of 1,500 feet and its highest point is Mount Akmawa at 2,586 feet. The plateau is dissected by several valleys and is marked by tall peaks. To the south it borders dense forest country, which it shields from the harmattan winds of the interior. Cacao cultivation has been introduced in the west, through which traditional trade routes lead to the Atlantic; vegetable cultivation is stressed in the eastern sector. The largest and most important towns on the Kwahu Plateau are Wenchi, Mampong, Mpraeso, and Abetifi.
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Russian Bungalows Russian Bungalows is a community in Tamale Metropolitan District in the Northern Region of Ghana.
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Bongo District Bongo District is one of the nine (9) districts in the Upper East Region of north Ghana. The capital is Bongo.
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Dutch Gold Coast The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch: "Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea") was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1598. The colony became the most important Dutch colony in West Africa after Fort Elmina was captured from the Portuguese in 1637, but fell into disarray after the abolition of the slave trade in the early 19th century. On 6 April 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast was, in accordance with the Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–71, ceremonially ceded to the United Kingdom.
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Fort Point, Boston Fort Point is a neighborhood or district of Boston, Massachusetts, and where a fort stood which guarded the city in colonial times.
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Jasikan Jasikan is a small town and is the capital of Jasikan district, a district in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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Asunafo District The Asunafo District is a former district that was located in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.
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Oboo, Ghana Oboo is a small town in the Kwahu South district in Eastern Ghana.
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Kwabeng Kwabeng is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of Atiwa District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana.
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Manso Nkwanta Manso Nkwanta is a small town and is the capital of Amansie West, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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Kotobabi Kotobabi is a town in the Accra Metropolitan district, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
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Atebubu District The Atebubu District is a former district that was located in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.
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Adafienu Adafienu is a coastal community located in the Volta Region of Ghana near Denu.
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Fort Du Bus Fort Du Bus was a Dutch administrative and trading post established in 1828 on Triton Bay on the southwest coast of New Guinea, in the current Indonesian province of West Papua. Intended to counter British encroachment, it was the first European settlement in the region; it was, however, abandoned in 1835, due to unhealthy climate and attacks by natives.