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The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) along the Gulf of Guinea. From their seat of power...21 KB (1,948 words) - 09:13, 31 December 2024
Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) Dutch Gold Coast (Dutch, 1598–1872) Swedish Gold Coast (Swedes, 1650–1658; 1660–1663) Couronian Gold Coast (Duchy...8 KB (712 words) - 18:58, 11 November 2024
Portuguese trade from European competitors. The Portuguese position on the Gold Coast, known as Portuguese Gold Coast, remained secure for over a century. During...61 KB (7,048 words) - 18:18, 11 March 2025
at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial deposits of gold in the...103 KB (13,542 words) - 22:44, 26 February 2025
Danish Gold Coast (Danish: Danske Guldkyst or Dansk Guinea) comprised the colonies that Denmark–Norway controlled in Africa as a part of the Gold Coast (roughly...16 KB (1,598 words) - 09:17, 13 February 2025
Elmina Castle (category Portuguese Gold Coast)seized the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, after an unsuccessful attempt in 1596, and took over all of the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1642. The slave trade...23 KB (2,626 words) - 09:35, 27 December 2024- Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) Dutch Gold Coast (Dutch, 1598–1872) Swedish Gold Coast (Swedes, 1650–1658; 1660–1663) Danish Gold Coast...6 KB (824 words) - 17:08, 9 March 2025
Ceylon, the Malabar Coast, and the Moluccas. In Africa, the Dutch conquered the Portuguese Gold Coast, Arguin and Goreé. Portuguese resentment at Spain...39 KB (4,718 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2025
Coat of arms of Ghana (section Portuguese Gold Coast)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...6 KB (311 words) - 12:40, 6 March 2025
Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a colony of Brandenburg-Prussia, later the Kingdom of Prussia, on the Gold Coast. The Brandenburg...14 KB (829 words) - 22:06, 23 February 2025
Kingdom of Portugal would eventually expand across the globe. In the wake of the Reconquista, Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa and...138 KB (14,861 words) - 03:02, 7 March 2025
The Swedish Gold Coast (Swedish: Svenska Guldkusten) was a Swedish colony founded in 1650 by the Swedish Africa Company and Hendrik Carloff on the Gulf...9 KB (576 words) - 22:30, 26 January 2025
Diogo de Azambuja (category Captain-majors of Portuguese Gold Coast)fortress called São Jorge da Mina at the Gulf of Guinea in the Portuguese Gold Coast colony. This became the best-known exploit of his long life. They...6 KB (421 words) - 12:44, 14 November 2024
Guinea (region) (redirect from Guinea Coast)d'Ivoire Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast; Danish Guinea, Dutch Guinea, Portuguese Gold Coast (the first), Prussian Gold Coast and Swedish Guinea all ended...12 KB (1,352 words) - 23:20, 9 February 2025
da Mina (now Elmina Castle), on the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1482 along with other trading posts. The Portuguese government founded the Company of Guinea...31 KB (3,760 words) - 18:11, 16 January 2025
Costa da Mina (category Gold Coast (region))overlapped with parts of the Gold Coast and the Slave Coast. The region was initially settled by the Portuguese due to its gold mines, but came to be an important...13 KB (1,522 words) - 12:19, 1 February 2025
Battle of Elmina (1625) (category Portuguese Gold Coast)engagement of the Dutch-Portuguese War, fought near the castle of São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) in the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1625. It was fought...4 KB (298 words) - 12:42, 5 July 2024- Mozambique) Portuguese Guinea(now Guinea-Bissau) Portuguese Gold Coast now part of Ghana Portuguese Cape Verde Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Island Príncipe...11 KB (952 words) - 05:14, 10 September 2024
Accra (redirect from Accra, Gold Coast (British colony))replaced Cape Coast as the capital of the British Gold Coast. This decision was made because Accra had a drier climate relative to Cape Coast. Until this...99 KB (9,329 words) - 02:52, 3 March 2025
Fort Saint Anthony (category Portuguese Gold Coast)Fort Saint Anthony (Portuguese: Forte de Santo António; Dutch: Fort Sint Anthony) was a fort built by the Portuguese in 1515 near the town of Axim, in...13 KB (1,423 words) - 09:27, 10 December 2024
- end of the 16th century sought to oust the Portuguese from the Gold Coast, and in whose favour the Portuguese did finally withdraw in 1642, in return for
- Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Setubandha means bridge
- Levant. In the 1590s, Dutch ships began to trade with Brazil and the Gold Coast of Africa, and towards the Indian Ocean and the source of the lucrative