Image Elmina slave castle.jpg thumb right 350px St. George Castle File ElMina AtlasBlaeuvanderHem.jpg thumb right 350px ElminaCastle in the Joan Blaeu Blaeu Van der Hem Atlas. ElminaCastle was erected by Portugal in 1482 as S o Jorge da Mina St. George of the Mine Castle, also known simply as Mina or Factory trading post Feitoria da Mina in present day Elmina , Ghana formerly the Gold Coast British ... left thumb ElminaCastle viewed from the sea in 1668. Notice Europe an shipping in foreground .... Immediate impact Image ElminaCastle1704.jpg thumb right The Castle of St. George d Elmina, one side ..., who gradually established a west African monopoly. Atlantic slave trade Image ElminaCastle ... of the http www.elminaheritage.com Elmina Strategy 2015 project. The bridge leading into the castle ... been completed and construction on the upper terraces continues. Castle Images gallery Image Ghana ElminaCastle Interior View of Church.JPG ElminaCastle Interior View of Church Image Ghana ElminaCastle Interior.JPG ElminaCastle Interior Image Ghana ElminaCastle Male and Female Slave Entrances.JPG ElminaCastle Male and Female Slave Entrances Image Ghana ElminaCastle Memorial Plaque.JPG ElminaCastle Memorial Plaque Image Ghana ElminaCastle Slave Export Gate.JPG ElminaCastle Slave Export Gate Image Ghana ElminaCastle Slave Holding Cell 2 .JPG ElminaCastle Slave Holding Cell Image Ghana ElminaCastle Slave Holding Cell.JPG ElminaCastle Slave Holding Cell Image Ghana ElminaCastle Gun Defences.JPG ElminaCastle Gun Defences gallery References Andrea, Alfred J and James H. Overfield ... European building in existence below the Sahara . First established as a trade settlement, the castle ... in 1957, and control of the castle was transferred to the nation formed out of the colony, present ... s Cobra Verde . The castle is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site . Pre Portuguese The people living along the West Africa n coast at Elmina around the fifteenth century were presumably ... more details
20,000 people. History The town grew around ElminaCastle S o Jorge da Mina Castle , built by the Portugal ... of Elmina s main castle. Today, Elmina s main industry is fishing . Twenty first century Beginning in 2003, the city of Elmina, along with the Ghanaian government and foreign investors, began The Elmina ... info blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Elmina , is a town in the Central Region Ghana Central ... channeled through the trading post of Elmina. The location of Elmina made it a significant ... West India Company Battle of Elmina 1637 captured it in 1637 in subsequent centuries it was mostly ... Treaties of 1870 1871 sold to the United Kingdom British . Elmina is also home to Fort Coenraadsburg ... and harbor of within Elmina, tourism and economic development, improved health services, and improved ...?option com directory&listing Elmina&page viewListing&lid 11&Itemid 36 Ghana pedia website Elmina ... Elmina Site Page from Aluka Digital Library Commons category Elmina References http www.elminaheritage.com ... Coast Category Portuguese Gold Coast Category Elmina Ghana geo stub da Elmina de Elmina es Elmina fr Elmina ko he nl Elmina ja no Elmina pl Elmina pt Elmina sv Elmina ... more details
Infobox Play name Elmina s Kitchen image image size 150 184 pixel, file size 13 KB, MIME type image jpeg caption writer Kwame Kwei Armah chorus characters Anastasia, Clifton, Ashley, Baygee, Deli, Digger mute setting London Borough of Hackney Hackney date of premiere May, 2003 country of Origin England original language English language English series subject Crime genre Drama Elmina s Kitchen is the fifth play from the United Kingdom British actor , playwright and Presenter broadcaster , Kwame Kwei Armah . Set in a West Indian restaurant, Elmina s Kitchen tells a tale of family, drugs and crime on London Borough of Hackney Hackney s Murder Mile. The play is centred around the character of Deli, the owner of a West Indian restaurant and father to Ashley. Ashley is a misguided teen who can t help but be seduced by the gangster culture that surrounds him. Deli tries to run a successful restaurant while attempting to keep his son on the straight and narrow particularly when his son gets closer to a well known local gangster, Digger. ref http www.londontheatre.co.uk peterbrown reviews elmina05.htm ref Major productions On Stage Productions Elmina s Kitchen premiered in May 2003 at the Royal National Theatre National Theatre , London where it ran until 25 August 2003. During its stint at The National Theatre, Elmina s Kitchen was directed by Angus Jackson and starred Do a Croll , George Harris , Emmanuel Idowu , Oscar James , Paterson Joseph and Shaun Parkes . In 20 April 2005 Elmina s Kitchen began its run at the Garrick Theatre , London, again directed by Angus Jackson. This particular production starred Do a Croll, Oscar James, Shaun Parkes and Don Warrington all of whom starred in in the premiere production. It also featured Michael Obiora and the writer, Kwame Kwei Armah as Television Productions In June 2005, Elmina s Kitchen was televised on the UK s BBC . The show took place in authentic settings separating itself from the stage performance. The televised drama featured ... more details
wikify date March 2011 Ladang Elmina in Malay language also known as Elmina Estate, is owned by http www.simedarbyplantation.com Sime Darby Plantion Sdn. Bhd. since 2007. History Previously prior to merger it was owned by Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad. It is located along Sungai buluh Kuala Selangor road, Selangor, Malaysia. Now it is trapped in the middle of property development which is rapidly taking place surrounding the estate. It was merged with Subang Estate in 2002. There was formerly an oil palm milling plant within the estate but in 2005 it was abandoned due to reduced input of oil palm bunches. There is also a development in the outskirt of the estate called http www.glomac.com.my bsu index.asp Saujana Utama it is developed by http www.glomac.com.my default.htm Glomac Berhad . The estate has highly potential land for property development. This estate was one of the pioneer estate to plant oil palm for commercial purpose in Malaysia. September 27th 1977 was a very unforgettable day for this estate as one of Japan Airlines Flight 715 JAL plane crushed in this estate. The plane crash landed on one of the tallest hill in the estate. We can still find the minor remnants of the plane in the soil surrounding the crushed location. Category Geography of Malaysia . ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Elmina partof the Dutch Portuguese War image Image ElminaCastle1668.jpg 300px caption View of Elmina, 1668. date October 25, 1625 place Elmina , Portuguese Gold Coast br present day Ghana result Portuguese victory ref name WJ174 Glete, p. 174 ref ref name WJ309 Gann, Duignan, p. 309 ref ref name WJ34 Dann, Seaton, p.34 ref combatant1 flag Dutch Republic combatant2 flag Portugal 1578 commander1 Jan Dircksz Lam ref name WJ89 Postma, Enthovenp.89 ref KIA commander2 Fernando de Sottomayor ref name WJ108 Taylor, p.108 ref strength1 1,200 soldiers ref name WJ21 Dei Anang, p.21 ref br 15 ships ref name WJ108 Taylor, p.108 ref strength2 56 Portuguese ref name WJ174 Glete, p. 174 ref ref name WJ108 Taylor, p.108 ref br 200 African allies casualties1 All killed except 45 ref name WJ108 Taylor, p.108 ref casualties2 27 killed Campaignbox Dutch Portuguese War Dutch colonial campaigns The Battle of Elmina was a minor conflict of the Dutch Portuguese War , fought off the ElminaCastlecastle of S o Jorge da Mina Elmina ref name WJ34 Dann, Seaton, p.34 ref ref name WJ236 Rodriguez, p.236 ref in the Portuguese Gold Coast between 1,200 Dutch soldiers of the Dutch West India Company landed by a fleet of 15 ships and the Portuguese garrison of the castle reinforced by 200 African allies put in service of the governor Sottomayor by the local caciques. ref name WJ86 Boxer, p.86 ref The Dutch opened the battle bombarding the castle, later the Dutch began to march to the castle, but they were ambushed by the Portuguese and their African allies from hidden ... 2,000 cannon balls at the castle, but they eventually withdrew. References Reflist Bibliography Glete ... Battle Of Elmina Category Battles of the Dutch Portuguese War Elmina Category History of Ghana Category ... Portugal Elmina Category Battles involving the Dutch Republic Elmina de Schlacht um Elmina 1625 nl Slag bij Elmina 1625 pl Bitwa pod Elmin 1625 ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Elmina image caption partof Dutch Portuguese War date August 24 August 29 , 1637 place Elmina, Ghana result Dutch victory combatant1 flag Dutch Republic combatant2 flagicon Portugal 1578 Portuguese Empire commander1 Colonel Hans Coine commander2 strength1 9 Ships br 500 Seamen br 800 Soldiers ref Ellis 1893 , p.45. ref strength2 30 Soldiers br 1,000 Native Allies ref Ellis 1893 , p.45. ref casualties1 casualties2 Campaignbox Dutch Portuguese War Dutch colonial campaigns In 1637 the Dutch West India Company detached 9 ships from the forces attacking the Portuguese in brazil to send them against the Portuguese in Fort Elmina . They appointed Colonel Hans Coine to command the fleet which consisted of a total of 1,300 men. They landed on July 24 a short distance away from Cape Coast , and proceeded to canoe down the Sweet River towards the Portuguese fort, bringing 800 soldiers and three days worth of provisions. ref Universal History 1760 , p.10 ref A hill named St. Jago dominated the fort which Coine determined needed be taken if they were to take the fort. However, 1,000 natives allied to the Portuguese were at the base of it, preventing the Dutch from seizing it. Coine sent four companies of Fusilier s after it, but they were completely destroyed. A second Dutch detachment that attacked the other side fared better, causing the native to go into a rout . ref Universal History 1760 , p.10 ref The Portuguese and their native allies made two attempts to take back the position, but both failed. After the second failed attack, the Portuguese ... bombarding the fort for two more days, he demanded the garrison in the castle to surrender. The Portuguese ... Portuguese War Elmina 1637 Category History of Ghana Category Portuguese Gold Coast Category Dutch Gold Coast Category Battles involving Portugal Elmina 1637 Category Conflicts in 1637 Category Battles involving the Dutch Republic Elmina 1637 ... more details
Infobox Latter Day Saint biography name Elmina S. Taylor image Elmina Shepard Taylor.jpg image size alt Photo of Elmina S. Taylor caption birth name Anstis Elmina Shepard birth date Birth date 1830 09 12 mf yes birth place Middlefield, New York Middlefield , New York , United States death date Dda 1904 12 06 1830 09 12 mf yes death place Salt Lake City , Utah , United States death cause resting place Salt Lake City Cemetery resting place coordinates Coord 40.777 111.858 type landmark display inline name Salt Lake City Cemetery monuments residence education alma mater occupation employer organization notable works title spouse George H. Taylor children 7, including br Mae Taylor Nystrom Mae T. Nystrom parents David S. Shepard br Rosella Bailey relatives awards signature signature size signature alt website URL http lds.org pa display 0,17884,6868 1,00.html Elmina Shepard Taylor Latter Day Saint Leadership position or quorum1 Young Women organization Chronology of the general presidency of the Young Women 1st general president of the Young Women organization Young Women called by1 Brigham Young ordination reason1 successor1 Martha H. Tingey start date1 start date 1880 06 19 mf yes end date1 end date 1904 12 06 mf yes end reason1 reorganization1 Anstis Elmina Shepard Taylor September 12, 1830 December 6, 1904 was the first general president of what is today the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church and was a founding member of the National Council of Women . Biography Anstis E. Shepard was born in Middlefield, New York to David Spaulding Shepard and Rosella Bailey. Following her graduation from public school and Hardwick Academy, she left home in 1854 to teach school in Haverstraw, New York , where she met John Druce ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Taylor, Elmina Shepard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Taylor, Elmina Shepard Category 1830 births Category 1904 deaths Category American Latter Day ... more details
The Castle may refer to Places The Castle at Budawang National Park , Australia The Castle volcano , a volcano in British Columbia, Canada The Castle Ramona, California , listed on the List of RHPs in CA NRHP in California , USA The Castle Atlanta , a landmark former residence in Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia The Castle Waltham, Massachusetts , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts, USA The Castle Marietta, Ohio , a NRHP home in Ohio, USA The Castle Saint Helena , the government buildings in Jamestown Other The Castle novel Das Schlo is a 1922 novel by Franz Kafka and its translations The Castle Kadare The Castle Kadare , 1970 novel K shtjella by Ismail Kadare The Castle film The Castle film , a 1997 Australian comedy film The Castle 1964 film The Castle 1964 film , a 1964 Danish film The Castle 1968 film The Castle 1968 film , a West German film adaptation of the Kafka novel directed by Rudolf Noelte The Castle game The Castle game , a videogame made by ASCII corporation The Castle radio series The Castle radio series , 2007 BBC radio comedy set in the Middle Ages See also Castle disambiguation Borgen disambig de The Castle no Slottet ... more details
, see List of castles . For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle . PLEASE ... right 300px alt A castle high on a rocky peninsula above a plain. It is dominated by a tall rectangular ... the city. File Bodiam castle 10My8 1197.jpg thumb 300px alt A castle of square plan surrounded by a water filled moat. It has round corner towers and a forbidding appearance. Bodiam Castle in England surrounded by a water filled moat . A castle from Latin castellum is a type of fortification ... . Scholars debate the scope of the word castle , but usually consider it to be the private fortified ... in castle studies, the structures also served as centres of administration and symbols of power ..., a scientific approach to castle defence emerged. This led to the proliferation of towers, with an emphasis ... to maximise the castle s firepower. These changes in defence have been attributed to a mixture of castle technology from the Crusades , such as Concentric castle concentric fortification , and inspiration from earlier defences such as castra Roman forts . Not all the elements of castle architecture ... affect castle building until the 15th century, when artillery became powerful ... of the Tower of London , exemplifies all uses of a castle including city defence, a residence, and a place of refuge in times of crisis. The word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum ... from castellum . ref Harvnb Creighton Higham 2003 p 6 ref The word castle was introduced into English ... simplest terms, the definition of a castle accepted amongst academics is a private fortified residence ... 20th century, there was a trend to refine the definition of a castle by including the criterion ... 16 File Windsor Castle at Sunset Nov 2006.jpg thumb left 300px alt A castle, seen at the end of a long avenue, lit pink by the sunset. The castle gives an impression of tremendous size, and has an imposing, twin towered gatehouse and, to the left, a large round keep. Windsor Castle in England was founded ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Castle to Castle title orig D un ch teau l autre translator Ralph Manheim 1968 image prefer 1st edition image caption author Louis Ferdinand C line illustrator cover artist Paul Bonet country France language French language French series genre Novel publisher ditions Gallimard Gallimard release date 12 June 1957 english pub date 1968 media type Print hardcover & paperback pages 315 isbn 978 2 070 21310 8 preceded by followed by Castle to Castle is the English title of the 1957 novel by Louis Ferdinand C line , titled in French D un ch teau l autre . The book features C line s experiences in exile with the Vichy France Vichy French government at Sigmaringen , Germany , towards the end of World War II . For the first U.S. edition, translator Ralph Manheim won the 1970 National Book Award in List of winners of the National Book Award Translation category Translation . ref name nba1970 http www.nationalbook.org nba1970.html National Book Awards 1970 . National Book Foundation . Retrieved 2012 03 11. br There was a Translation award from 1967 to 1983. ref Legacy Castle to Castle was mentioned in the biography of Jack Kerouac , Subterranean Kerouac by Ellis Amburn St. Martin s Press, 1998 . Kerouac was at dinner with Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows at their apartment when he described C line s work as a portrait of existence as rotten and mad p. 301 . References reflist Louis Ferdinand C line Category 1957 novels Category Autobiographical novels Category French language novels Category French novels Category Novels by Louis Ferdinand C line Category Novels set in Germany Category World War II novels 1950s novel stub fr D un ch teau l autre fa ... more details
Castle Street may be Castle Street, Bridgwater , England Castle Street, Cambridge , England Castle Street, Canterbury , England Castle Street, Edinburgh , Scotland Castle Street, Liverpool , England Castle Street, Oxford , England Castle Street, Reading , England Castle Street, Worcester , Massachusetts, USA See also 62 Castle St , a hotel in Liverpool, England Castle Street Row , a historic building in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA The Madhouse on Castle Street , a British television play Castle Square disambiguation disambig ... more details
Castle Green may refer to Castle Green, London Castle Green, South Yorkshire Castle Green, Surrey Castle Park, Bristol An apartment building, part of Hotel Green complex disambig ... more details
Balloch Castle may be Balloch Castle West Dunbartonshire Balloch Castle Perth and Kinross Balloch Castle was a castle at Loch Doon disambig ... more details
Castle of Deception may refer to Castle of Deception play Castle of Deception play , a play by Peter Philip. Castle of Deception novel Castle of Deception novel , a novel set in the Bard s Tale universe. dab ... more details
Killeen Castle may Refer to Killeen Castle, Dunsany is a castle near Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Republic of Ireland. Killeen Castle, Castlegar is a castle in Castlegar, County Galway, Republic of Ireland. disambiguation ... more details
taki Castle may refer to taki Castle Chiba a Japanese castle located in taki, Chiba taki Castle Fukui a Japanese castle located in Echizen, Fukui disambig DEFAULTSORT Otaki ... more details
Rosenburg Castle may refer to Rosenberg Castle South Bohemia , a castle in the Czech Republic now known as Ro mberk Castle Rosenberg Castle Zurich , a country estate in the Swiss canton of Zurich disambig ... more details
Bischofstein Castle lang de Burg Bischofstein may refer to Bischofstein Castle Germany , a castle on the Moselle river in Germany Bischofstein Castle Switzerland , a castle in the Swiss canton of Basel Land disambig ... more details
Derry Castle can refer to several things Derry Castle, Tipperary , a castle in Ireland Derry Castle barque Derry Castle , a barque wrecked on Enderby Island in 1887 The Wreck Of The Derry Castle , a poem by Henry Lawson disambig ... more details
Marienburg Castle may refer to Malbork Castle in Poland Marienburg Castle Hanover in Germany Marienburg Castle Hildesheim in Germany seealso Marienburg disambiguation ... more details
Sandown Castle may refer to Sandown Castle, Kent Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight Disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de Sandown Castle ... more details
Castle Mountains may refer to Castle Mountains California in California, USA Castle Mountains Montana in Montana, USA Castle Mountains Nevada in Nevada, USA disambig ... more details
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