XJF437968 The North-West Prospect of Cape-Coast Castle, from \'Thirty different drafts of Guinea\', published 1727 (engraving) by Smith, William (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Smith was a surveyor to the Royal African Company and in 1726 was sent to Guinea inorder to make surveys and drafts of the English forts and settlements there; On his return he published \'Thirty different drafts of Guinea\', the results of his labours; Cape Coast Castle, in modern day Ghana, was conquered by the English in 1664; Initially used for trading in timber and gold the castle was later used for trans-Atlantic slave trading;); English, out of copyright.