Danish West India Company

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The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West Indies.

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Generate an image of the Danish West India Company (The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West Indies.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered trading company ⓘ
colonial company ⓘ
administered Danish West Indies ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Croix ⓘ
Saint John ⓘ
Saint Thomas ⓘ
associatedWith Copenhagen merchants ⓘ
Danish West Indies ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway
charteredBy Danish crown ⓘ
linked to: Danish krone

Kingdom of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway
colonialPowerOf Danish West Indies ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
country Denmark–Norway ⓘ
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway
engagedIn triangular trade ⓘ
governedBy company-appointed governors ⓘ
hasColony Saint Croix ⓘ
Saint John ⓘ
Saint Thomas ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole European colonization of the Caribbean ⓘ
sugar plantation economy in the Caribbean ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
headquartersLocation Copenhagen ⓘ
industry colonial administration ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
trade ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod age of colonialism ⓘ
age of sail ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
mainActivity Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
plantation management ⓘ
sugar trade ⓘ
operatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Danish West Indies ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
operatedUnder Danish crown monopoly ⓘ
partOf Danish colonial empire ⓘ
profitFrom colonial trade ⓘ
plantation slavery ⓘ
sugar plantations ⓘ
region Caribbean Sea ⓘ
subjectTo Danish royal charter ⓘ
territoryBecame United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
transported enslaved Africans ⓘ
typeOfEnterprise joint-stock company ⓘ
usedCurrency Danish rigsdaler ⓘ
usedLanguage Danish ⓘ

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Fort Christian → builtBy → Danish West India Company ⓘ
Danish colonial empire → hasPart → Danish West India–Guinea Company ⓘ
linked to: Danish West India Company
Danish Gold Coast → governingBody → Danish West India–Guinea Company ⓘ
linked to: Danish West India Company
Fort Christiansborg → builtBy → Danish West India Company ⓘ
Danish West India and Guinea Company Warehouse → usedBy → Danish West India and Guinea Company ⓘ
linked to: Danish West India Company
Danish West India and Guinea Company Warehouse → relatedOrganization → Danish West India and Guinea Company ⓘ
linked to: Danish West India Company
Danish East India Company → linkedTo → Danish West India Company ⓘ
Danish Africa Company → relatedTo → Danish West India Company ⓘ
Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains → hasPart → Danish West India–Guinea Company possessions ⓘ
linked to: Danish West India Company