Gold Coast Collection

Sketch Map of the Theatre of War in Ashanti, 1900, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sketch Map of the Theatre of War in Ashanti, 1900, c1900. Showing Hodgson's line of retreat, line of advance, friendly towns, rivers, roads and sites of battles

'Vue generale de Cape Coast Castle. La Cote d'Or; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Vue generale de Cape Coast Castle. La Cote d'Or; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

'The West Coast of Africa - Landing in a Surf Boat at Accra, 1891. Creator: Joseph Nash
'The West Coast of Africa - Landing in a Surf Boat at Accra, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

German Colonies in West Africa at the Outbreak of War, 1914, (c1920). Map of African territory occupied by European powers at the start of the First World War, including French West Africa

The Gold Coast Regiment, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Gold Coast Regiment, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

Review in Windsor Great Park of the troops from the Ashanti war, 1900. Artist: G Durand
Review in Windsor Great Park of the troops from the Ashanti war, 1900. The march past Queen Victoria. During the Ashanti Campaign

King Koffees Palace, Coomassie, Ashanti War, Africa, 1900. During the Ashanti Campaign, the local Ashanti people offered substantial resistance to British imperial ambitions in Africa

Coomassie, Ashanti War, Africa, 1900. A view of Kumasi in the Gold Coast, (now Ghana, the first African country to gain independence)

Kumasi, Ashanti, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. In 1957, the Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to become independent, and was renamed Ghana

Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. The Castle was originally built for the trade in timber and gold, and was later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Elmina, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. Elmina was the first important European port on the Gold Coast. It was founded by Portuguese in 1482 and became a major centre for the gold trade

The Irrepressible Nigger!, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Irrepressible Nigger!, 1881. John Bull, the representative of the British people, is being asked by King Coffee for the return of his state umbrella

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