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Ludvig Ferdinand Rømer
Ludewig Ferdinand Rømer (9 January 1714 - 17 April 1776) was a Danish merchant and sugar-baker. He is mainly remembered for his two books on the Danish Gold Coast. ''A reliable account of the coast of Guinea'' was published in English in 2014. His home and sugar refinery was at Nyhavn 11 in Copenhagen. Career Römer was born in Elsfleth in Lower Saxony. Nothing is known about his background. He came to the Danish Gold Coast in an early age where he was a senior assistant (''overassistent'') when seeking refuge at a British fortress in 1744 when governor Jørgen Billsen wanted to arrest him in connection with a controversy among members of the Danish colonial administration. He then returned to Denmark, where he wrote a number of complaints to the Danish West India Company. He was licensed as a merchant of the Danish Gold Coast and returned to Africa on board the ship ''Wilhelmine Galej'' in 1746. He was promoted to ''overkøbmand'' before returning to Denmark. Back in Denmark he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsfleth
Elsfleth () is a town in the district of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the left bank of the Weser. It has a school of navigation (university of applied sciences), a harbour and docks. Elsfleth offers many recreational facilities even though it is a small town,. It is an ideal place for families that want to escape big cities and like outdoor activities that are not only limited to tennis and biking. A nearby beach area and sailing club "SWE" contribute to Elsfleth's maritime character. So does the tall ship club ''Großherzogin Elisabeth'' amicably called "Lissi". Nearby larger cities are Brake, Nordenham, Oldenburg, and Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c .... Sons and daughters of the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Wilks
Professor Emeritus Ivor G. Wilks (19 July 1928 – 7 October 2014)"Professor Ivor Wilks is dead" , Starr FM. was a noted Africanist and , specializing in . Considered one of the founders of modern African historiography, he was an authority on the |
18th-century Danish Non-fiction Writers
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
