Map of Gold Coast Colony and Adjacent Territories, 1896
From the Scottish Geographical Magazine. Published by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and edited by James Geikie and W.A. Taylor. Volume XII, 1896. 1896 was the year in which a British expeditionary force invaded Asante (with which it was not at war) and enforced a 'regime change' by abducting the Asantehene Prempeh I and transporting him successively to Elmina, Freetown and the Seychelles. He was not permitted to return to Kumase until 1924. Features and place names which appear in Ama are shown ringed.

Political map of Ghana, 1996

Features and place names which appear in Ama are shown ringed. The site of the original town on Kafaba has been submerged by the Volta Lake. Elmina is not shown but that town has certainly not been submerged.

Relief map of Ghana, 1996

Features and place names which appear in Ama are shown ringed. The site of the original town on Kafaba has been submerged by the Volta Lake. Elmina is not shown but that town has certainly not been submerged.

Bahia (All Saints' Bay)

Salvador is shown (1). Ama's fictional engenho might have been in the vicinity of Santa Amaro (2).

The Atlantic Ocean

The Love of Liberty's Middle Passage

Showing prevailing winds
map from:
Van Dantzig, A, Het Nederlandse Aandeel in de Slawenhandel Fibula 1968 (in Dutch)
credit:Koninklijke Biblioteek, Den Haag