The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Virgin Islands (Danish: Danske Jomfruøer) or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean...
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Spanish West Indies. In 1916, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the United States for US$25 million in gold, per the Treaty of the Danish West Indies. The...
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Treaty of the Danish West Indies, officially the Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies, was a 1916 treaty...
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colonies in the Danish West Indies. It is estimated that 120,000 enslaved Africans were transported on the company's ships. Founded as the Danish Africa Company...
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Danish overseas colonies and Dano-Norwegian colonies (Danish: De danske kolonier) were the colonies that Denmark–Norway (Denmark after 1814) possessed...
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second British Invasion of the Danish West Indies took place in December 1807 when a British fleet captured the Danish islands of St Thomas on 22 December...
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was governed by the Governors-General of the Danish West Indies. The Danish West Indies were sold by Denmark to the United States on 12 December 1916. The...
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reason why Denmark has been investing both economically and socially for many years. Danish West Indies slavery Danish Africa Company Danish West India Company...
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Norwegians), scientists, merchants (mainly Danish) and settlers from Denmark–Norway took possession of the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands)...
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Bit (money) (section Danish West Indies)
implement decimal listing until January 29, 2001. From 1905 to 1917, the Danish West Indies used the bit as part of its currency system. In 1904, two new currency...
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African tribal masks and faces. Danish colonization of the Americas Danish overseas colonies Danish slave trade Danish West Indies Nordicism Racism in Norway...
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the Library of Congress Danish West Indies History The Danish West-Indies, a primary source search portal maintained by the Danish National Archives....
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Sukkerfabrikker (the Danish Sugar Factories) were founded in Copenhagen, and were initially dependent on raw sugar from the Danish West Indies prior to focusing...
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American West Indies British West Indies Danish West Indies Dutch West Indies List of governors general of the French Antilles Spanish West Indies Swedish...
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The daler (Danish, plural the same or dalere, English: dollar) was the currency of the Danish West Indies between 1849 and 1917, and of the United States...
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postage stamp of the Danish West Indies was issued in 1856. It had the same square coat of arms design as the contemporary stamps of Denmark, but it was denominated...
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The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat...
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islands of Sankt Jan and Sankt Thomas, two of three main islands in the Danish West Indies. In the referendum, held by universal male suffrage, voters could...
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to Danish West Indies' authorities, who renamed her Vigilant and used her for coast guard duties. Most famously, while under the command of Danish Captain...
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Netherlands Antilles (redirect from Netherlands West Indies)
Outline of the Netherlands Antilles British West Indies Danish West Indies French West Indies Spanish West Indies "Landsverordening officiële talen". decentrale...
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between the United States and Denmark (not ratified by the United States until 1917) resulted in Denmark selling the Danish Virgin Islands to the United...
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HMS Belleisle (1795) (section Danish West Indies 1807)
who commanded the squadron of ships that was sent to occupy the Danish West Indies. The squadron, which included HMS Prince George, HMS Northumberland...
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of the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) until 1849. It was subdivided into 96 skilling. The rigsdaler was equal to 4⁄5 Danish rigsdaler...
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Transfer Day (section Danish control)
money transfer after the Treaty of the Danish West Indies $25,000,000 receipt for the Treaty of the Danish West Indies "Virgin Islands Transfer Day". 2018...
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The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political...
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administration (while it was ruled by Denmark as the Danish West Indies), see List of governors of the Danish West Indies. Parties Republican (1) Independent...
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United States Virgin Islands (category Articles containing Danish-language text)
Previously known as the Danish West Indies of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway (from 1754 to 1814) and the independent Kingdom of Denmark (from 1814 to 1917)...
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Albert Heinrich Riise (category 1840s in the Danish West Indies)
referred to as A. H. Riise, was a Danish pharmacist, merchant and manufacturer of rum on Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies. A brand of rum is still named...
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Vinow.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017. Westergaard, Waldemar (1917). The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671–1754). New York: The Macmillan Company. pp...
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