Dutch Gold Coast
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dutch-gold-coast-172-18806337
title:
Dutch Gold Coast
text:
The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of 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 aboliti
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Dutch possession in Western Africa between 1598-1872
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Gold_Coast
date created:
2006-02-27T11:29:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T02:42:27Z
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