From the Port of Ventspils to Great Courland Bay: The Couronian Colony on Tobago in Past and Present

Imbi Sooman, Jesma McFarlane, Valdis Tēraudkalns and Stefan Donecker

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2013, vol. 44, issue 4, 503-526

Abstract: In the seventeenth century, Duke Jakob Kettler of Courland embraced the mercantile theories of his age and engaged in overseas colonialism. After several aborted attempts, the Courlanders managed to establish a settlement on Tobago in 1654 only to lose it to the Dutch five years later. European competitors and indigenous resistance frustrated the Duke’s attempts to regain control over the colony. Despite its limited scope and success, the Couronian colonization of Tobago left a strong impact on the historical imagination. This paper aims to document the traces and remembrances of Duke Jakob’s Caribbean endeavor on Tobago as well as in Latvia.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2013.835464

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