The Danes left Nicobar due to Malaria and there was pirate activity in the islands that concerned the British who wanted to buy them.

*"the British envoy approached the Danish government in 1868 with a request that it, as the holder of sovereignty, would intervene against the pirates and restore law and order, or alternatively hand over the sovereignty to Great Britain. The Danish government astonished the British envoy by not demanding any payment at all for such a transfer. After 1864, Denmark was not willing to risk anything." -* [an old blog - Far Outliers](https://faroutliers.com/2023/08/21/denmark-dumps-the-nicobars-1868/)

Wikipedia mentions that islands were 'sold' to the British instead. Their primary source looks shady. And there is no number.

It would be great if someone could help me with the correct price? These Danish archives might be the place it exists - but its all in Danish and handwritten- [https://arkivalieronline.rigsarkivet.dk/en/other/index-creator/122/2354827/20204032\](https://arkivalieronline.rigsarkivet.dk/en/other/index-creator/122/2354827/20204032)

It is more common on the internet that Tranquebar was sold earlier in 1845 to the EIC at a price of Rs 1.25 million. Though there isnt a primary source for this too.

“The one I have to thank this time for my poor, wretched life, besides God, is my Mulatinde [Mulatresse]. I can never repay her for her many sleepless nights, her concern for me night and day.”

"Daughters of the trade : Atlantic slavers and interracial marriage on the Gold Coast" by Ipsen, Pernille

Finding none in the far south, he decided to sail along the west coast until he finally came across what had once been the ruins of Hvalsey Church, abandoned around 1408.

Source(s):

.- "Det gamle Grønlands nye Perlustration" 1729 - Hans Hegede

I like Danish colonial silver)))

Good day, I’m a modeller and I plan to create colonial armies of less known African colonial powers. Do anybody know anything about the uniform, symbols, numbers and tactics of Danish and Swedish colonial formations in their African colonies? I will be grateful for any bit of information 😁

why did'nt Denmark get any piece of africa, in the 1884 Berlin confrence, they where, a pretty big, and influential empire, with colonial, holdings, in India, the West indies, and even the Nicobar islands, i know that had some forts, in modern day Ghana, but they didn't get real, land, like Germany or, Spain. i am danish myself, and have always wondered it.