Ove Gjedde's Expedition
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Ove Gjedde's Expedition or the Danish Expedition to India of 1618–1622 was the first Danish colonial expedition to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, reaching Sri Lanka, Thanjavur and Ayuttha
Painting of Ove Gjedde by Karel van Mander III (c. 1630). From the National Gallery of Denmark.
The Tranquebar Treaty of 1620.
Roland Crappé
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Roland Crappé or Roelant Crappé was a Dutch colonial official serving the Dutch and Danish East India Company. He became director general of the Ceylonese department of the Danish East India Company i
The capital Thanjavur, by later Danish governor Peter Anker