Dutch Gold Coast
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The Dutch Gold Coast, or Dutch Guinea, was a part of the sector of Guinea (coastal West Africa) known in the colonial era as the Gold Coast (in present Ghana), gradually colonized by the Dutch since 1598.
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Its capitals were Fort Nassau (present Mouri: 1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867) till 1637, and then Fort Elmina, since that was taken from the Portuguese.
Other Dutch settlements were
- Axim (February 1642-1664, 1665-71)
- Fort Dorothea (Akwida: 1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804)
- Fort Batenstein (Butri: 1656-1665, 1666-1871)
- Fort Apollonia (Benyin: 16..-16.., 1868-1871)
- Fort Oranje (Sekondi: 1640-1871)
- Fort San Sebastian (Shama: 1637-1664,1664-1871)
- Fort Vredenburgh (Komenda: 1785-1871])
- Carlsborg (Cape Castle: 1688-1782, 16 April 1659-May 1659)
- Fort Amsterdam (Cormantin: 1665-1721, 1785-1867)
- Fort Leydsaemheyt (Apam: 1697-1782,1785-1868)
- Fort Goede Hoop (Senya Beraku: 1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868)
- Fort Crêvecoeur (Accra: 1649-1782, 1785-1867/8)
- Fort Metaal Kruis (Dixcove: 1868-1871]).
- Fort Hollandia (1725-1815, previously Gross-Friedrichsburg, part of the former Brandenburg Gold Coast settlements), sold to the Dutch by Prussia
In 1782 - 1785 the British occupied Fort Vredenburgh, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Nassau, Fort Goede Hoop, Fort Crêvecoeur (to 1786) and Fort Leydsaemheyt.
On 21 February 1871, the whole Dutch Gold Coast Settlements were sold to Britain and incorporated into its Gold Coast colony.
- See Colonial Heads of Dutch Gold Coast for the frequently changed styles of the Dutch colonial officials in charge.
| Dutch overseas empire |
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| Former colonies |
| Africa: Arguin Island - Cape Colony - Lydsaamheid fort & factory in Delagoa Bay - Dutch Gold Coast - Gorée - Mauritius |
| The Americas: Berbice - New Holland (in Brazil) (part), Dutch Brazil - Dutch Guiana - Demerara - Essequibo annex Pomeroon New Netherland (New Amsterdam, New Sweden) - Tobago - Virgin Islands (part) |
| Asia: Ceylon - Dutch India (Dutch Bengal - Coromandel Coast - Malabar Coast) - Deshima island, Japan - Dutch East Indies - Malacca - Taiwan |
| Arctic & Oceania: Netherlands New Guinea - Smeerenburg on Amsterdam island |
| See also: Dutch East India Company - Dutch West India Company |
| Present colonies (only Caribbean) |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands: Netherlands Antilles - Aruba |
