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Detail of the advance gate to Fort Coenraadsburg on St. Jago mountain near Elmina

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Detail of the advance gate to Fort Coenraadsburg on St. Jago mountain near Elmina

Temminck Groll, Coenraad Liebrecht

Detail of the advance gate to Fort Coenraadsburg on St. Jago mountain near Elmina.

It was from this mountain that the Dutch captured St. George castle in Elmina from the Portuguese in 1637.

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