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The Dutch Gold Coast, or '''Dutch Guinea''', was a part of the sector of Guinea (coastal West Africa) known in the colonial era as the Gold Coast (in present Ghana), gradually colonized by the Dutch since 1598. HISTORY Its capitals were Fort Nassau (present , since that was taken from the Portuguese. Other Dutch settlements were
In 1782 - 1785 the British occupied Fort Vredenburgh, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Nassau, Fort Goede Hoop, Fort Crêvecoeur (to 1786) and Fort Leydsaemheyt. On 21 February 1871, the whole Dutch Gold Coast Settlements were sold to Britain and incorporated into its Gold Coast colony.
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