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Map ghana gold coast. The gold coast was a british colony on the gulf of guinea in west africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of ghana in 1957. The first europeans to arrive at the coast were the portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of african kingdoms some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil.
In 1482 the portuguese came to the continent for increased trade. For centuries the gold coast was known as the white mans grave due to the amount of europeans who perished from malaria and other tropical diseases. The merger of gold coast and the togoland trust territory officially formed ghana in 1957 and it became the first sub saharan country in colonial africa to gain its independence.
A virtual guide to ghana formerly known as the gold coast a country in western africa just north of the equator. Situated between cote divoire and togo and bordered by burkina faso in north and by the gulf of guinea atlantic ocean in south. The country covers an area of 238533 km2 making it slightly smaller than the uk or also slightly smaller than the us.
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Map of the gold coast colony and neighbouring territories idwo 1097. War office intelligence division. Geological map of the gold coast.
Showing positions of gold mines and prospects. 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 1598the 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.
Map of gold coast and travel information about gold coast brought to you by lonely planet. Gold coast abina and the important men resources maps filecolonial africa 1913 gold coast mapsvg wikimedia commons gold coast ghana gold coast country profile nations online project the british empire in africa 20175showinggif gold coast british colony wikipedia introductory maps. Map of the gold coast.
This map shows the main town centres of the gold coast from coomera in the north down to tweed heads in the south. Its not perfectly to scale and the national parks are actually a fair bit further west than they appear but youll get the idea. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps.
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