Mulkin mallaka na Curonia

Mulkin mallaka na Curonia shine Kokarin mulkin mallaka na Duchy na Courland da Semigallia (a yau wani ɓangare na Latvia), wani yanki na mulkin mallaka ya mallaka na Commonwealth na Poland-Lithuania . Ƙananan, amma masu arziki, Duchy sun ɗauki ɗan gajeren ɓangare a ƙoƙarin mulkin mallaka na Turai na Yammacin Afirka da Caribbean.https://www.bbc.com/hausa/multimedia/2011/02/110210_colonial_pictures

 Tarihi 
Kamar Brandenburg, wanda ke da iko mai girma na mulkin mallaka na Jamus kafin kafa Daular Jamus, Duchy na Courland yana da tarihin yaƙi na Turai. An kafa yankuna a ƙarƙashin Yakubu, Duke na Courland da Semigallia, kuma suna ɗaya daga cikin yankuna biyu na Curonian. Ƙasar ta biyu ita ce Kogin Gambiya a Afirka. A lokacin mulkinsa (1642-1682), Duchy ya kafa alaƙar kasuwanci tare da dukkan manyan kasashen Turai. 

Yakubu ya kafa daya daga cikin manyan jiragen ruwa a Turai, tare da manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa a Windau (a yau Ventspils), da Libau (a yau Liepāja). Jirginsa ya yi tafiye-tafiye zuwa West Indies tun farkon shekara ta 1637 lokacin da mazauna suka kafa mulkin mallaka na farko a Tobago. Mulkin mallaka na farko ya gaza, amma an sake kafa shi a cikin 1639. 

A shekara ta 1651, Courland da Semigallia sun ba da hayar wani yanki a Afirka a Tsibirin St. Andrew a cikin Kogin Gambiya daga Masarautar Niumi  kuma sun ci gaba da gina Fort Jakob a tsibirin.  Duchy kuma ta ba da hayar tsibirin St. Mary (Banjul na zamani) daga Kombo da Fort Jillifree daga Niumi .  Yankunan Courland da Semigallia sun fitar da sukari, taba, kofi, auduga, ginger, indigo, rum, koko, kwarangwal, da tsuntsaye na wurare masu zafi da gashin kansu da ake nema. A ƙarshe, Duchy zai gudanar da kula da waɗannan ƙasashe na ƙasa da shekaru goma kuma an ba da mulkin mallaka ga Ingila a shekara ta 1664.

An rasa yankunan ne lokacin da maƙwabtan Courland da Semigallia suka yi amfani da tsaron da ya raunana a lokacin Yakin Arewa, lokacin da Sojojin Sweden suka kama Jakob daga 1658 zuwa 1660. Bayan karshen yakin, an mayar da tsibirin Tobago zuwa Courland. Koyaya, Duchy ya ƙare ya watsar da tsibirin a cikin shekara ta 1666. A shekara ta 1668, wani jirgin ruwa na Curonian ya yi ƙoƙari ya sake mamaye Fort Jacob amma sojojin Dutch da ke tsibirin sun kore shi. Abin tunawa na Courland kusa da Babban Courland Bay yana tunawa da ƙauyukan Duchy.

 Tsohon yankuna 

 Tsibirin St. Andrews ko Courlander Gambia kuma daga baya ita ce Fort James ta Burtaniya. (1651–1660, 1660–1661)
 New Courland, a kan Tobago (1637, 1642, 1654-1659, 1680-1690) 

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