Dutch Gold Coast

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 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.

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Frameless

Cornelis Nagtglas

S. Giorgio della Mina la principal fortezza, e stabilimento degli ollandesi sulla Costa dell'Oro nell'Africa, 1765 – BEIC IE8997939

St Jago

GRAMBERG(1861) p186 PLANTAGE 'GRAMBERG' AN DE BOSSUM-PRAH RIVIER

Carel Hendrik Bartels

Mariners19

Fort Orange, and Fort Sekondi, Ghana

Doos van de West-Indische Compagnie De handel van de West-Indische Compagnie in Afrika Rechthoekige doos van schildpad en goud, NG-NM-824

FortNassauMouri

Fort Nassau 1645

• Description and History of the Gold Coast of Guinea - 1602 book by Pieter de Marees, reprinted in 1912, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1658	Capture of Carolusborg	battle, Dutch Gold Coast, Swedish Empire, Denmark–Norway	Wikidata
commons	image		Cornelis Nagtglas		Commons
commons	image		S. Giorgio della Mina la principal fortezza, e stabilimento degli ollandesi sulla Costa dell'Oro nell'Africa, 1765 – BEIC IE8997939		Commons
commons	image		St Jago		Commons
commons	image		GRAMBERG(1861) p186 PLANTAGE 'GRAMBERG' AN DE BOSSUM-PRAH RIVIER		Commons
commons	image		Carel Hendrik Bartels		Commons
commons	image		Mariners19		Commons
commons	image		Fort Orange, and Fort Sekondi, Ghana		Commons
commons	image		Doos van de West-Indische Compagnie De handel van de West-Indische Compagnie in Afrika Rechthoekige doos van schildpad en goud, NG-NM-824		Commons
commons	image		FortNassauMouri		Commons
commons	image		Fort Nassau 1645		Commons