What island in Africa was settled by Baltic Germans from the Duchy of Courland?

BRY2K

James Island. James Island is an island in the Gambia River, 30km from the river mouth and near Juffureh in the country of The Gambia. It contains a fort known as Fort James. It is less than two miles from Albreda on the river's northern bank that served a similar purpose for the French. The first European settlers on the island were Baltic Germans from Duchy of Courland, who also had other colonial possessions in the area. They called it St. Andrews Island, though the Island had previously been granted to two separate companies by the British Crown in 1588 and 1618. In 1651 they built a fort named Jacob Fort after Jacob Kettler, the Duke of Courland and used it as a trade base. http://wow.gm/africa/news/topic/museum/rss Mar 20 08, 4:42 AM

zbeckabee

By 1651 some servants of a company of Baltic Germans founded by the Duke of Courland (now part of Latvia) acquired St. Andrews Island (a small island 20 miles up the River) from the King of Niumi and proceeded to build a fort. In 1661 the Fort was seized by the Royal Adventures of England, and the Island was renamed James Island after the Duke of York. http://www.ncac.gm/james.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrews_Island Mar 20 08, 6:59 AM