Plan du fort de Iuda : dans le Royaume d'Ardre côte d'Affrique sçitué par les 5 degres 40 minutes du Nord. [ca. 1715]

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Plan du fort de Iuda : dans le Royaume d'Ardre côte d'Affrique sçitué par les 5 degres 40 minutes du Nord. [ca. 1715]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43668621

Map of Ouidah (previously Iuda, Juda, or Whydah) in Benin (previously Dahomey), part of the native kingdom of Ardrah, a region important in the slave trade. Combines fortification plans of Fort Saint Louis (French) and Fort William (English) with pictorial drawings of three adjacent native villages, a military chieftain with two attendants, and a wooded site identified as "Bois ou les Negres font leurs fetiches." Includes notes B-H detailing current and proposed fortification at Fort Saint Louis.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 506 x 706 mm., folded to 567 x 374 mm.

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