Portuguese gold coast
The Portuguese Gold Coast ( Costa do Ouro Portuguesa ) were the possessions of Portugal in what is now Ghana . Over time, they were lost to the Netherlands .
The possessions consisted of several bases:
| Portuguese possessions on the Gold Coast | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | place | history |
| Accra | Accra | 1557–1578 Portuguese fortress, burned down by the locals |
| Fort Duma | at the mouth of the Ankober (Rio da Cobra) | 1623–1636 Portuguese |
| Fort St. Antonio | Axim | 1500 (1502?) Portuguese trading post; Destroyed by locals in 1514; 1515 again Portuguese trading post; 1541 reconstruction; February 8, 1642 captured by the Dutch and further expanded; |
| Fort San Sebastian | Shama | 1526 Portuguese; until 1558 English; from 1558 Portuguese; 1590 start of further construction, abandoned again in 1600; between 1600 and 1640 French (?); Dutch from 1640; |
| Fort São Jorge da Mina ( St. George's Castle or Elmina Castle ) | Elmina | 1482 Portuguese; 1540 reconstruction of the fort; 1637 Dutch |
| Cape Coast Castle ( Fort Carolusburg , Fort Karlsborg) | Cape Coast hist.Ogua (Ugwà) | before 1637 Portuguese base; 1638 Dutch; |
| Fort Dom Pedro | Anashan | 1640, British; 1683–1690 Portuguese (after they had cleared Fort Cará again) |
| Fort Cará | today's Osu Castle (Osu, Ossu, Ursue) | 1558 Portuguese lodge; Destroyed by locals in 1576; 1580 French; 1583 Portuguese, but later abandoned; 1650 Swedish; Sweden started to build fortresses in 1652; 1658 Danish; 1659 Dutch; 1661 Danish (after official purchase from the Portuguese); 1679–1683 Portuguese (The Danish commander sold the fort back to the Portuguese.); 1683 under the control of the local Akwamu |