Dutch Gold Coast

Dutch Gold Coast was a colony in West Africa coast and forest (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1612 to 1872 CE, about 260 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Dutch trading forts on the coast of Ghana, run by the West India Company, that shipped gold and enslaved people. The Netherlands sold them to Britain in 1872.

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Facts

Dates

1612 to 1872 CE

Duration

260 years

Type

Colony

Region

West Africa coast and forest, North and West Africa

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Elmina

Came from

• Portuguese Gold Coast (Elmina) 1482 to 1642 CE

Became

• British Gold Coast 1821 to 1957 CE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 1700 Peak of the Atlantic slave trade
• 1798 Napoleon invades Egypt
• 1804 Usman dan Fodio's jihad
• 1869 Suez Canal opens

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE
• Kingdom of Benin c. 1180 to 1897 CE
• Bornu Empire c. 1387 to 1893 CE
• Oyo Empire c. 1400 to 1836 CE
• Funj Sultanate of Sennar 1504 to 1821 CE
• Regency of Algiers 1516 to 1830 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• Ashanti Empire 1701 to 1901 CE
• Saadi Sultanate 1510 to 1659 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America

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