Duchy of Courland over Tobago

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17th-century colony former colony overseas possession

The Duchy of Courland over Tobago was a short-lived 17th-century Couronian (Latvian) colonial possession in the Caribbean, established as part of the duchy's ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful overseas expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
overseas possession ⓘ
capital Fort Jacobus NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs short-lived colony ⓘ
unsuccessful colonial venture ⓘ
colonialPower Courland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryToday Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn rum production ⓘ
slave-based plantation agriculture ⓘ
sugar plantations ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
endTime late 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Dutch colony of Tobago ⓘ
English control of Tobago ⓘ
foundedBy Jacob Kettler NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Latvian colonial empire ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivation expansion of Courland maritime trade ⓘ
participation in Atlantic plantation economy ⓘ
notableFor being one of the few colonies of a Baltic duchy ⓘ
representing Latvian involvement in Caribbean colonization ⓘ
partOf Courland overseas expansion ⓘ
Couronian colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus overseas possession of a vassal duchy ⓘ
precededBy indigenous Kalina (Carib) presence on Tobago ⓘ
primarySettlement Fort Casimir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Jacobus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
significantEvent Dutch takeover of Courland possessions on Tobago ⓘ
establishment of Fort Casimir ⓘ
establishment of Fort Jacobus ⓘ
final loss of Courland claims to Tobago ⓘ
temporary abandonment during the Northern Wars ⓘ
sovereignDuringExistence Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (suzerainty over Courland) NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1654 ⓘ
tradePartner Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
England NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Caribbean colonies ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Duke Jacob Kettler of Courland and Semigallia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedEnslavedLabor Africans ⓘ

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Dutch Tobago (intermittently) → colonialRivalryWith → Duchy of Courland over Tobago ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch Tobago