<img src="http://www.cmoc.dk/Danish_west_indies.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> <b>Danish colonization of the Americas</b>
Denmark had a colonial empire from the 18th century until the 20th. Large portions of it involved the colonization of the Americas. Explorers, scientists, merchants and settlers from Denmark took possession of the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands), which Denmark later sold to the United States. Beginning in 1721, they reestablished colonies in southwestern Greenland, which is now a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Denmark started a colony on St. Thomas in 1671, St. John in 1718, and purchased St. Croix from France in 1733. During the 18th century, the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea were divided into two territorial units, one British and the other Danish. The Danish islands were run by the Danish West India and Guinea Company until 1755, when the Danish king bought them out. Sugar cane, produced by slave labour, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. A triangular trade existed with Danish manufactures buying African slaves which in turn were traded for West Indian sugar meant for Denmark. Although the slave trade was abolished in 1803 by the Danes, slavery itself was not abolished until 1848, after several mass slave escapes to the free British islands and a non-violent slave protest. <b>The Danish Virgin Islands were also used as a base for pirates.</b> The Danes encouraged British and Dutch settlers, who became the largest non-slave groups on the islands. Their languages predominated, so much so that the Danish government, in 1839, declared that slave children must attend school in the English language. The colony reached its largest population in the 1840-50s, after which an economic downturn increased emigration and the population dropped, a trend that continued until after the purchase by the United States. The Danish West Indies had 34,000 inhabitants in 1880.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ahoy there ye fine lot of AOP moddin swashbucklers <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
I have a dream ... I want to play as the Danes ... go figure <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
Anyway I think it would be cool playing as the Danes. Just for the heck of it and as inspiration here are some pictures and a very nice <a href="http://www.cmoc.dk/engfolder2.pdf" target="_blank">PDF with very detailed history of the Danish navy at the time</a>.
<img src="http://www.cmoc.dk/trefoldigheden.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
For more info about the Danish navy at the time <a href="http://www.milhist.dk/start/oversigt_skibsdatabasen.htm" target="_blank">this link</a> is quite good!
<img src="http://www.cmoc.dk/danes.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
I would sure love to sport some of the larger Danish beautie like 'The Dannebrog' (Yep! same name as the flag):
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Length - 164' x beam - 42' 6" x draft - 17' 3"
Complement: 680
Armament: 82-94 cannon; main battery of 24 pdrs. on the lower gundeck.
Dannebrog was probably the second largest warship built during the 17th century, being second only in size to the huge Fredericus Quartus built at the very end of the century. Although the second Christianus Quintus, built in 1683, mounted more guns than the Dannebrog, the Dannebrog was four feet longer and was one and a half feet wider at its extreme beam, while having a draft that was only two inches shallower than the Christianus Qunitus. Thus, at the turne of the century, Dannebrog was probably the second largest warship in the Danish fleet.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Anyway my question is - Have anyone currently made any Danish AOP mods or have plans for such?
I would definitely like to join any endeavour aimed at adding the Danes to any extend into the game! Anybody interested?
All the best
Frans
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> <b>Danish colonization of the Americas</b>
Denmark had a colonial empire from the 18th century until the 20th. Large portions of it involved the colonization of the Americas. Explorers, scientists, merchants and settlers from Denmark took possession of the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands), which Denmark later sold to the United States. Beginning in 1721, they reestablished colonies in southwestern Greenland, which is now a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Denmark started a colony on St. Thomas in 1671, St. John in 1718, and purchased St. Croix from France in 1733. During the 18th century, the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea were divided into two territorial units, one British and the other Danish. The Danish islands were run by the Danish West India and Guinea Company until 1755, when the Danish king bought them out. Sugar cane, produced by slave labour, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. A triangular trade existed with Danish manufactures buying African slaves which in turn were traded for West Indian sugar meant for Denmark. Although the slave trade was abolished in 1803 by the Danes, slavery itself was not abolished until 1848, after several mass slave escapes to the free British islands and a non-violent slave protest. <b>The Danish Virgin Islands were also used as a base for pirates.</b> The Danes encouraged British and Dutch settlers, who became the largest non-slave groups on the islands. Their languages predominated, so much so that the Danish government, in 1839, declared that slave children must attend school in the English language. The colony reached its largest population in the 1840-50s, after which an economic downturn increased emigration and the population dropped, a trend that continued until after the purchase by the United States. The Danish West Indies had 34,000 inhabitants in 1880.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ahoy there ye fine lot of AOP moddin swashbucklers <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

I have a dream ... I want to play as the Danes ... go figure <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

Anyway I think it would be cool playing as the Danes. Just for the heck of it and as inspiration here are some pictures and a very nice <a href="http://www.cmoc.dk/engfolder2.pdf" target="_blank">PDF with very detailed history of the Danish navy at the time</a>.
<img src="http://www.cmoc.dk/trefoldigheden.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
For more info about the Danish navy at the time <a href="http://www.milhist.dk/start/oversigt_skibsdatabasen.htm" target="_blank">this link</a> is quite good!
<img src="http://www.cmoc.dk/danes.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
I would sure love to sport some of the larger Danish beautie like 'The Dannebrog' (Yep! same name as the flag):
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Length - 164' x beam - 42' 6" x draft - 17' 3"
Complement: 680
Armament: 82-94 cannon; main battery of 24 pdrs. on the lower gundeck.
Dannebrog was probably the second largest warship built during the 17th century, being second only in size to the huge Fredericus Quartus built at the very end of the century. Although the second Christianus Quintus, built in 1683, mounted more guns than the Dannebrog, the Dannebrog was four feet longer and was one and a half feet wider at its extreme beam, while having a draft that was only two inches shallower than the Christianus Qunitus. Thus, at the turne of the century, Dannebrog was probably the second largest warship in the Danish fleet.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Anyway my question is - Have anyone currently made any Danish AOP mods or have plans for such?
I would definitely like to join any endeavour aimed at adding the Danes to any extend into the game! Anybody interested?
All the best
Frans