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Adolph Esmit

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Adolph Esmit was governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies from 1683 to 1684, and again from 1687 to 1688. [1]

21 relations: Christopher Heins, Copenhagen, Courland, Danish West India Company, Danish West Indies, Gabriel Milan, George Bond (pirate), Governor, Holstein, Jamaica, Jean Hamlin, List of Governors of the Danish West Indies, Mikkel Mikkelsen, Nevis, Nicolai Esmit, Piracy, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet, Slave ship, Spain, Thomas Lynch (governor).

Christopher Heins

Christopher Heins (died October 1689) was a lieutenant and interim Governor-General of The Danish West Indies during two short periods, respectively 29 June 1686 to March 1687 and from October 1688 to 1689.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Courland

Courland, or Kurzeme (in Latvian; Kurāmō; German and Kurland; Curonia/Couronia; Курляндия; Kuršas; Kurlandia), is one of the historical and cultural regions in western Latvia.

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Danish West India Company

The Danish West India Company or Danish West IndiaGuinea Company (Det Vestindisk-Guineisk kompagni) was a Dano-Norwegian chartered company that exploited colonies in the Danish West Indies.

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Danish West Indies

The Danish West Indies (Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with; Saint John with; and Saint Croix with.

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Gabriel Milan

Gabriel Milan (or Gavrī'el Mil'ō (גבריאל מילאו), c 1631 – 26 March 1689) was governor of the Danish West Indies (now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands) from 7 May 1684 to 27 February 1686.

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George Bond (pirate)

George Bond (fl 1683-1684) was an English pirate active in the Caribbean.

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Governor

A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state.

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Holstein

Holstein (Northern Low Saxon: Holsteen, Holsten, Latin and historical Holsatia) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Jean Hamlin

Jean Hamlin (fl 1682-1684, last name occasionally Hamyln) was a French pirate active in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa.

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List of Governors of the Danish West Indies

The following is a list of Governors of the Danish West Indies, a Danish colony in the Caribbean encompassing the territory of the present-day United States Virgin Islands.

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Mikkel Mikkelsen

Mikkel Mikkelsen (also called Michael) (DOB - DOD) was Governor-General ad interim of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, from 27 February 1686 to 29 June 1686.

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Nevis

Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies.

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Nicolai Esmit

Nicolai Esmit (also called Nicolay or Nicholas and Schmidt) was governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies from 4 July 1680 - November 1682.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties.

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Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas (Santo Tomás; Sint-Thomas; Sankt Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and, together with Saint John, Water Island and Saint Croix, form a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet

Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet (died 3 August 1686) was an Anglo-Irish landowner in the English West Indies who became Governor of the Leeward Islands.

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Slave ship

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Thomas Lynch (governor)

Sir Thomas Lynch (died 1684) was the English governor of Jamaica on three separate occasions in the 17th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Esmit

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