Territorial change of Danish Gold Coast

“Danish Gold Coast” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1659 to 1852. Its territory was largest in AD 1734 – 1743, at ≈ 1,349 km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1734 – 1743 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1700: number 107 of 102.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Swedish Empire — 134 frames
• Holy Roman Empire — 71 frames
• Tsardom of Russia — 65 frames
• Dutch Republic — 64 frames
• German Empire — 61 frames
• Kingdom of England — 51 frames
• Asante Empire — 44 frames
• Union between Sweden and Norway — 37 frames
• Kingdom of France — 31 frames
• Electorate of Hanover — 30 frames
• Free City of Lübeck — 26 frames
• Duchy of Mecklenburg — 21 frames
• Hamburg — 21 frames
• Kingdom of Hanover — 12 frames
• United States — 11 frames
• Kingdom of Prussia — 9 frames
• Habsburg monarchy — 6 frames
• German Confederation — 4 frames
• Kingdom of Iceland — 3 frames
• North German Confederation — 2 frames

Notes on how this country is shown

Parent state: Denmark (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.

Wikipedia summary

The 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 present-day southeast Ghana), which is on the Gulf of Guinea.

Wikipedia (English) “Danish Gold Coast”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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