Danish East India Company West European countries not occupied by Bonaparte) lost its entire fleet and the island of Helgoland (part of the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp) to Britain. Denmark finally sold its remaining settlements in mainland India in 1845 and the Danish Gold Coast in 1850, both to the British. Danish East India Company The Danish East India Company () refers to two separate Danish chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however, in 1730 it was re-founded as the Asiatic Company (). The first Danish East India Company was chartered in 1616
Banks Island (British Columbia) Charlotte Regional District. Banks Island was named in 1788 by Charles Duncan, captain of the fur trading vessel "Princess Royal", in honor of Sir Joseph Banks, who was then president of the Royal Society and had accompanied James Cook during the exploratory voyages of 1768–1771. Banks was instrumental in encouraging British fur trading voyages to the Pacific Northwest, such as Duncan's. In late August, 1787, the British fur traders James Colnett and Charles Duncan arrived at Banks Island. They anchored their two ships, "Prince of Wales" and "Princess Royal" at the south end of Banks Island in Calamity Bay (which