Prussian Gold Coast

E283452
Prussian colony former colony historical region

The Prussian Gold Coast was a short-lived 17th–18th century colonial possession of the Kingdom of Prussia on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, established mainly for trade in gold and other commodities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brandenburg-Prussian Gold Coast 1
Prussian Gold Coast canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Prussian colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
capital Groß Friedrichsburg ⓘ
coastalCountryAtTheTime Akan states ⓘ
coastalPeople Ahanta ⓘ
Fante people ⓘ
surface form: Fante
coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
coastType Gold Coast ⓘ
colonialPower Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
currencyUsed Thaler ⓘ
endDate 1720 ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
establishedBy Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
fortification Fort Dorothea ⓘ
Fort Fredericksburg ⓘ
Groß Friedrichsburg ⓘ
surface form: Fort Groß Friedrichsburg

Fort Louise ⓘ
governingCompany Brandenburg African Company ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
mainSettlement Fort Dorothea ⓘ
Fort Fredericksburg ⓘ
Fort Louise ⓘ
Groß Friedrichsburg ⓘ
namedAfter Prussia ⓘ
partOf Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
politicalStatus overseas possession ⓘ
trading colony ⓘ
presentDayLocation Ghana ⓘ
Western North Region, Ghana ⓘ
surface form: Western Region of Ghana
primaryCommodity gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
pepper ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
reasonForEnd decline of Brandenburg-Prussian overseas ambitions ⓘ
sale to the Dutch ⓘ
religionOfColonialPower Protestantism ⓘ
soldTo Dutch Republic ⓘ
Dutch West India Company ⓘ
startDate 1683 ⓘ
successor Dutch Gold Coast ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Gold Coast → precededBy → Prussian Gold Coast ⓘ
Danish Gold Coast → neighboringColonialEntity → Prussian Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brandenburg-Prussian Gold Coast