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Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005. p. 48
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1763:. Translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen. Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2010.
27:
Cronological list of colonial governors that ruled the Danish colony on the Gold Coast
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280:
223:
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was bestowed on three individuals before 1766: von
Gronstein; Crull; and Prang.
83:
1761:
Closing the Books: Governor Edward
Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842–50
1718:
Danish: means Factor (agent); Factor, also rendered as
Station Chief
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Danish Gold Coast
Settlements established on the eastern Gold Coast
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48:
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36:
was established on the eastern Gold Coast (present-day
1729:Danish Sources for the History of Ghana 1657–1754
18:List of colonial heads of the Danish Gold Coast
8:
1782:Colonial Heads of Brandenburger Gold Coast
210:Governor—1st to be designated as governor
96:
1792:Colonial Heads of Portuguese Gold Coast
1711:
1797:Colonial Heads of Prussian Gold Coast
542:18 September 1727 to 24 December 1728
7:
1802:Colonial Heads of Swedish Gold Coast
1777:Colonial Heads of Ghana (Gold Coast)
1287:5 September 1821 to 23 December 1823
1152:31 December 1799 to 3 December 1802
1117:Baron Christian Friedrich von Hager
859:14 February 1762 to 20 October 1766
1871:Governors of the Danish Gold Coast
1787:Colonial Heads of Dutch Gold Coast
1405:21 October 1831 to 4 December 1831
1386:29 January 1831 to 21 October 1831
1346:30 September 1827 to 1 August 1828
1268:1 January 1821 to 5 September 1821
878:20 October 1766 to 11 January 1768
561:24 December 1728 to 12 August 1735
466:25 January 1722 to 22 January 1723
409:17 August 1711 to 26 November 1717
333:11 September 1703 to 23 April 1704
314:23 December 1698 to 31 August 1703
25:
1666:10 April 1847 to 20 February 1850
840:11 March 1757 to 14 February 1762
523:4 March 1727 to 18 September 1727
428:26 November 1717 to 6 August 1720
1572:Bernhard Johan Christian Wilkens
1466:21 July 1833 to 26 December 1834
1365:1 August 1828 to 20 January 1831
1171:3 December 1802 to 15 April 1807
1131:October 1795 to 31 December 1799
1011:21 April 1788 to 23 October 1789
992:2 December 1780 to 21 April 1788
656:3 February 1744 to 11 March 1745
485:22 January 1723 to 27 April 1724
447:6 August 1720 to 24 January 1722
295:10 June 1698 to 23 December 1698
1881:European colonisation of Africa
1689:Gold Coast Settlements sold to
1586:26 August 1842 to 15 March 1844
1529:19 March 1839 to 18 August 1839
1424:4 December 1831 to 1 March 1833
1325:7 May 1825 to 30 September 1827
1311:Johan Christopher von Richelieu
1235:Jens Nikolas Cornelius Reiersen
1112:3 August 1793 to 17 August 1795
973:24 June 1777 to 2 December 1780
1650:Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
1645:9 August 1844 to 10 April 1847
1591:Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
1306:23 December 1823 to 7 May 1825
1211:3 March 1817 to 5 October 1817
897:11 January 1768 to 2 July 1769
694:23 March 1745 to 23 April 1745
675:11 March 1745 to 23 March 1745
637:26 May 1743 to 3 February 1744
580:12 August 1735 to 14 June 1736
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1567:24 May 1842 to 26 August 1842
1548:18 August 1839 to 24 May 1842
1192:15 April 1807 to 1 March 1817
1093:30 June 1793 to 3 August 1793
821:21 July 1752 to 11 March 1757
713:23 April 1745 to 21 June 1746
504:27 April 1724 to 1 March 1727
388:25 May 1705 to 17 August 1711
1854:Heads of Government of Ghana
1607:18 March 1844 to 5 July 1844
1445:1 March 1833 to 21 July 1833
1249:6 May 1819 to 1 January 1821
1230:5 October 1817 to 6 May 1819
1030:23 October 1789 to July 1792
954:15 June 1772 to 24 June 1777
935:11 June 1770 to 15 June 1772
802:8 March 1751 to 21 July 1752
783:6 March 1751 to 8 March 1751
599:14 June 1736 to 20 June 1740
490:Christian Andreas Syndermann
1886:Ghana history-related lists
916:2 July 1769 to 11 June 1770
618:20 June 1740 to 26 May 1743
352:23 April 1704 to 5 May 1705
90:(Dates in italics indicate
1902:
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1136:Johan Peter David Wrisberg
718:August Frederik Hackenburg
205:Bartholomaus von Gronstein
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94:continuation of office)
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1493:Frederik Segfried Mørch
1391:Ludwig Vincent von Hein
1035:Andreas Rieselsen Bjørn
978:Johan Conrad von Hemsen
623:Peter Nikolaj Jørgensen
1876:History of West Africa
921:Joachim Christian Otto
902:Frantz Joachim Kuhberg
566:Anders Pedersen Waerøe
1829:Portuguese Gold Coast
1450:Heinrich Gerhard Lind
1410:Helmut von Arenstorff
1370:Heinrich Gerhard Lind
1216:Johan Emanuel Rechter
959:Niels Urban Aarestrup
940:Johan Daniel Frøhlich
604:Enevold Nielson Boris
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1273:Peter Svane Steffens
1254:Christian Svanekjaer
1197:Christian Schiønning
642:Christian Glob Dorph
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1157:Johan David Ahnholm
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471:Niels Jensen Østrup
55:Fort Christiansborg
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1727:Ole Justesen, ed.
864:Carl Gottleb Resch
585:Severin Schilderup
393:Erik Olsen Lygaard
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547:Andreas Willumsen
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34:Danish Gold Coast
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1429:Niels Brøch
1330:Niels Brøch
826:Carl Engman
414:Bfantz Boye
319:John Trawne
169:Jost Cramer
1865:Categories
1706:References
1553:Lucas Dall
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305:Opperhoved
286:Opperhoved
248:Opperhoved
243:Peter With
191:Opperhoved
174:Opperhoved
155:Opperhoved
138:Opperhoved
103:Incumbent
528:Fred Pahl
433:Knud Røst
92:de facto
1771:See also
1749:Governor
1660:2nd Term
1655:Governor
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1439:2nd Term
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1340:1st Term
1316:Governor
1278:Governor
1221:Governor
1202:Governor
1186:2nd Term
1181:Governor
1146:1st Term
1141:Governor
1122:Governor
1103:Governor
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907:Governor
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267:Governor
229:Governor
1691:Britain
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106:Notes
1844:Ghana
49:Ningo
38:Ghana
1733:ISBN
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