Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
E278290
The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2558244 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 Context triple: [Dutch Gold Coast, treaty, Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871]
-
A.
Treaty of Lagos
The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
-
B.
Treaty of 23 December 1865
The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
-
C.
Treaty of 1833
The Treaty of 1833 was an agreement in which the Pawnee Nation ceded large portions of their traditional lands to the United States, contributing to their forced relocation and loss of territory on the Great Plains.
-
D.
Treaty of Pretoria (1881)
The Treaty of Pretoria (1881) was an agreement between the British Empire and the South African Republic that ended the First Boer War and restored limited self-government to the Boers under British suzerainty.
-
E.
Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was a 1904 series of agreements that marked a historic diplomatic rapprochement between Britain and France, helping to reshape European alliances before World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 Target entity description: The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
-
A.
Treaty of Lagos
The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
-
B.
Treaty of 23 December 1865
The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
-
C.
Treaty of 1833
The Treaty of 1833 was an agreement in which the Pawnee Nation ceded large portions of their traditional lands to the United States, contributing to their forced relocation and loss of territory on the Great Plains.
-
D.
Treaty of Pretoria (1881)
The Treaty of Pretoria (1881) was an agreement between the British Empire and the South African Republic that ended the First Boer War and restored limited self-government to the Boers under British suzerainty.
-
E.
Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was a 1904 series of agreements that marked a historic diplomatic rapprochement between Britain and France, helping to reshape European alliances before World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral treaty
ⓘ
colonial treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
ⓘ
surface form:
Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands for an Exchange of Territory on the Gold Coast of Africa
|
| appliesToCurrentTerritory | Ghana ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Gold Coast ⓘ |
| concerns |
cession of forts and trading posts
ⓘ
sovereignty over coastal territories in the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| countrySignatory |
Netherlands
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1871-02-25 ⓘ |
| effect |
end of Dutch colonial presence on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
expansion of British sphere of influence in West Africa ⓘ transfer of Dutch Gold Coast forts to Britain ⓘ |
| followedBy | full British control over the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
reorganization of local African polities’ relations with European powers
ⓘ
strengthening of British position before later expansion inland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
British colonial administration on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
Dutch colonial authorities on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalForm | treaty ⓘ |
| locationOfSigning |
Netherlands
ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ |
| mainSubject | transfer of Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Scramble for Africa ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Anglo-Dutch agreements on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| purpose | consolidation of British colonial rule on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Dutch relations
ⓘ
British Gold Coast ⓘ Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ colonialism in Africa ⓘ history of Ghana ⓘ |
| signatory |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies on European colonial partition of West Africa ⓘ |
| topic |
colonial territorial exchange
ⓘ
imperial boundary-making in West Africa ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1871 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 Description of subject: The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands for an Exchange of Territory on the Gold Coast of Africa