Closing the Books: Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea 1842-50

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Luncheon at Fort Christiansborg. A water colour painted by Francois, Prince de Joinville, son of Louise Phillippe, citizen king of France, after his visit to fort Christiansborg in 1843. A drawing of a non-commissioned officer at the Guinean artillery. The jacket of the uniform consists of white linen with brass buttons, collar and cuffs of blue topsay with golden badges, trousers of white linen. To the uniform also belong boots and shoes, as well as a bright straw chacot with a leather peak and a buckled strap behind the head, and a red-white kokard with a cross in front. The waist belt is black, with a small purse attached. Panchis is a piece of cotton approx. 5 cm long and 1,3 cm wide, which serves as an overcoat; but if not used, is carried on the back with shoulder straps. To the uniform belong a bread purse and a blue coloured container of wood. Hirschfængere is not only useful in battle, but also to clear the ground through the thick forest. A drawing of the official residences outside Christiansborg. Nr 1: facade towards the frontyard ; Nr 2: Upper floor: front yard, B surrounding gallery, C back yard, D kitchen and washhouse, E hall, F the smaller rooms; Nr 3: Ground floor: A front yard, B arches below the gallery, C back yard, D kitchen and washhouse, E rooms for servants and storage. Part of the original ground plan drawn by Lieutenant Svedstrup on 30 April 1847. A governor residence B church C church tower D offi cial residences C three washhouses E small storage houses for armoury and cannon equipment G yard H stairs to 1st and 2nd gallery I fl ag gallery J unmounted bastion K sea battery L battery M courtine over gate N western bastion O outwork battery P workshop buildings Q part of lower gallery R ravelin S cow shed T gallery and entrance to 3rd gallery U yard where prisoners are kept during the day V cistern X unmounted sea battery Y upper gallery of governor residence Z cow shed Æ outwork Ø latrines (X) roofi ng (platninger) over storage rooms I-X stairs. **) the place where the child sacrifi ces took place. Map of the Danish possessions in Guinea, made by Peter Thonning in 1802. ...