The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch: Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea) was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1612. The Dutch began trading in the area around 1598, joining the Portuguese which had a trading post there since the late 1400s. Eventually, the Dutch Gold Coast became the most important Dutch colony in West Africa after Fort Elmina was captured from the Portuguese in 1637, but fell into disarray after the abolition of the slave trade in the early 19th century. On 6 April 1872, the Dutch Gold Coast was, in accordance with the Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–71, ceded to the United Kingdom.[1]
The DutchGoldCoast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch: Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea) was a portion...
The Portuguese GoldCoast was a Portuguese colony on the West African GoldCoast (present-day Ghana) along the Gulf of Guinea. Established in 1482, the...
The Brandenburger GoldCoast, later Prussian GoldCoast, was a part of the GoldCoast. The Brandenburg colony existed from 1682 to 1701, after which it...
region. The Slave Coast was settled from the DutchGoldCoast, on which the Dutch were based in Elmina. During its existence, the Slave Coast held a close...
it disappeared for good in April 1663 when it became part of the DutchGoldCoast. Following the foundation of the Swedish Africa Company (1649) by Louis...
article lists the colonial governors of the DutchGoldCoast. During the Dutch presence on the GoldCoast, which lasted from 1598 to 1872, the title of...
Danish GoldCoast (Danish: Danske Guldkyst or Dansk Guinea) comprised the colonies that Denmark–Norway controlled in Africa as a part of the GoldCoast (roughly...
chiefs in decision-making. The Dutch West India Company was responsible for Dutch colonial possessions in the GoldCoast. The company was headed by a Director-general...
one of these companies. In 1612, a Dutch fortress was built in Mouree (present day Ghana), along the DutchGoldCoast. Trade with the Caribbean, for salt...
To prevent this, he was appointed as the Governor-general of the DutchGoldCoast (now part of Ghana) and effectively prohibited from returning to the...
fourth quarter shows a gold mine, which stands for the richness of industrial minerals and natural resources in Ghana. A gold lion centred on a green...
known as Boers. The Dutch had several possessions in West Africa. These included the DutchGoldCoast, the Dutch Slave Coast, Dutch Loango-Angola, Senegambia...
executed in 1838 by the Dutch, who, at the time, were in control of the DutchGoldCoast. In 1837, Badu Bonsu II rebelled against the Dutch government, and killed...
which became the capital of the DutchGoldCoast. In 1641, the Dutch captured the captaincy of Maranhão, meaning that Dutch control now extended across the...
red, yellow, and green. It was designed in replacement of the British GoldCoast's Blue Ensign. The flag was adopted upon the independence of the Dominion...
continued under the Dutch until 1814. In 1872, the DutchGoldCoast, including the fort, became a possession of the United Kingdom. The GoldCoast gained its independence...
tropical climate and tropical diseases of the Dutch East Indies than Dutch soldiers. The soldiers from the GoldCoast were first recruited in Elmina. Of the...
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