The House of Shadows Page 30
by Paul Doherty
One final note, about John of Gaunt’s declaration about sea voyages along the west coast of Africa. In the nineteenth century, British troops entered the West African kingdom of the Ashanti and found a jug which had actually been made in London during the fourteenth century (it can still be viewed in the excellent London Museum). How it got there, of course, is a matter of speculation!