Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Senegambia, also known in Dutch as Bovenkust (\"Upper Coast\"), was the collective noun for the fortifications and trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company (DWIC) in the region now known as Senegal. The main purpose of these trading posts was to obtain slaves in order to ship them to the Americas. The government of the territory was based on Gorée. In 1677, the Dutch lost this island to France."@en }
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- Senegambia_(Dutch_West_India_Company) comment "Senegambia, also known in Dutch as Bovenkust (\"Upper Coast\"), was the collective noun for the fortifications and trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company (DWIC) in the region now known as Senegal. The main purpose of these trading posts was to obtain slaves in order to ship them to the Americas. The government of the territory was based on Gorée. In 1677, the Dutch lost this island to France.".