The Dutch Gold Coast, or Dutch Guinea, was a portion of coastal West Africa that was gradually colonized by the Dutch beginning in 1598. The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. On February 21, 1871, the British purchased all Dutch Gold Coast Settlements and were incorporated into its Gold Coast colony. This article is about the British colony in west Africa 1821-1957
Dutch Gold Coast capitals were Fort Nassau and then Fort Elmina. Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina ( St
Dutch Gold Coast settlements
From west to east, the Dutch were in possession of the following forts:
- Fort Apollonia at Beyin: 16. . -16. . ; 1868-1872
- Fort St. Anthony at Axim: 1642-1664; 1665-1872
- Fort Hollandia at Pokesu (Princes Town, Ghana), formerly known as Fort Gross-Friedrichsburg: 1725-1872
- Fort Metalen Kruis at Dixcove: 1868-1872
- Fort Batenstein at Butre: 1656-1665; 1666-1872
- Fort Dorothea at Akwidaa: 1687-1698; 1711-1712; 1732-1872
- Fort Oranje at Sekondi: 1640-1872
- Fort St. This article discusses Ghanaian geography For the Dell handheld device see Dell Axim. The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a part of the Gold Coast that was colonised by Germans before the German unification Akwidaa is a coastal village in the Western Region of south-west Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi, population 335000 (2005 is the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. Sebastiaan at Shama: 1637-1664; 1664-1871
- Fort Vredenburgh at Dutch Komenda: 1785-1872
- Castle of St. George d'Elmina at Elmina: 1637-1872
- Fort Coenraadsburg at St. For the Shama prayer in Judaism see Shema Yisrael. For the African town see Shema Ghana. Sources GhanaDistrictscom Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina ( St Elmina is a town situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, lying west of Cape Coast. Jago Hill, Elmina: 16. . -1872
- Fort Nassau at Mouri: 1611-1868
- Carlsborg (Cape Coast Castle) at Cape Coast (also known as Cabo Cors or Cabo Corso): April 16, 1659-May 1659
- Fort Amsterdam at Kormantin (Abandze): 1665-1868
- Fort Lijdzaamheid (Patience) at Apam: 1697-1868
- Fort Goede Hoop (Good Hope) at Senya Beraku: 1667/1705-1868
- Fort Crêvecoeur (now: Ussher Fort) at Accra: 1649-1868
See also
References
- WorldStatesmen- Ghana
- Doortmont, Michel R.; Jinna Smit (2007). Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is the capital of the Central Region of Ghana and is also the capital city of the Fante (Fanti people or Accra is the capital, and most populous city of Ghana. The city also doubles as the capital of the Greater List of Colonial Heads of the Dutch Gold Coast Settlements (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office See also Ghana The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa Sources for the mutual history of Ghana and the Netherlands. An annotated guide to the Dutch archives relating to Ghana and West Africa in the Nationaal Archief, 1593-1960s. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15850-4.
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