Africa and its inhabitants . hat foreign-ers might suppose the Guineawaters unnavigable except forvessels of Portuguese build. Nevertheless other nationsalso in due course found theirway to the Gold Coast. TheDutch made their appearancetowards the close of the six-teenth century, and afterexpelling the Portuguese, pur-chased the Brandenburg set-tlements foimded in 1682 onCape Three Points. TheDutch were in their turndriven out by the English,who in 1850 claimed thewhole coast, except a fewDanish and Dutch former were purchasedby the English, the latteracquired in exchange for the
Africa and its inhabitants . hat foreign-ers might suppose the Guineawaters unnavigable except forvessels of Portuguese build. Nevertheless other nationsalso in due course found theirway to the Gold Coast. TheDutch made their appearancetowards the close of the six-teenth century, and afterexpelling the Portuguese, pur-chased the Brandenburg set-tlements foimded in 1682 onCape Three Points. TheDutch were in their turndriven out by the English,who in 1850 claimed thewhole coast, except a fewDanish and Dutch former were purchasedby the English, the latteracquired in exchange for therights possessed by the Brit-ish to certain territories inSumatra. But the surrender of the Dutch factories in 1871 involved the Englishin hostilities with the natives, which terminated with an expedition theAshantis and the destruction of their capital. Since then the whole country hasbeen traversed by surve3ors and pioneers, and oven in the conterminous territoriesthe routes of explorers arc continually 0° West of breenwich Depths. 0 to 660Feet. i6i I L if andupwards. 60 Miles. THE GOLD COAST. 237 Physical Features. The whole seaboard of the British possessions projects seawards bcj-ond thenormal coastline. Tiut the most prominent headland is Capo Three Points, whosogranite, dioritc, sandstone, latcritc, and conglomerate hiHs terminate in threesharp peaks. Several of the promontories at this angular section of the coast rise toa height of about 350 feet, and one of the inland summits 12 miles from the seaattains an altitude of 2,000 feet. Most of these hills in the interior are eitherisolated, or else disposed in short ridges, such as the Ajamanti group north-westof Accra. But north of this town occviTs the dome-shaped Dampa, the firstsummit of the Akwapem hills, which develop a true range running north-east andgradually increasing in elevation. Beyond the gorge pierced by the river Volta,this range is continued nearly in the same direction through the B
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