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    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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  • 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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    Spain portal Antillean Confederation British West Indies Danish West Indies Dutch West Indies French West Indies New Spain Population history of American...
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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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    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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    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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    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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