History of the Gambia The Courlanders remained dominant until 1659 when their possessions were handed over to the Dutch West India Company. In 1660, the Courlanders resumed possession, but the next year were expelled by the newly formed Royal Adventurers in Africa Company. In 1667, the rights of the Royal Adventurers to the Gambia were sublet to the Gambia Adventurers but later reverted to the new Royal African Company. 1677 saw the beginning of a century-and-a-half-long struggle between the English and French for supremacy over the Gambia and Senegal. The English possessions were captured several times by the French, but in the Treaty of
Wildlife of the Gambia are common shrubs in the savanna areas of the country. "Combretum Paniculatum" may be found on the edges of the forests in the north of the country. These plants usually have red petals and the "Combretum racemosum" has red 4-part flowers, but with infloresence rimmed by white bracts. Wildlife of the Gambia Wildlife of the Gambia is dictated by several habitat zones over its total land area of about 10,000 km. It is bound in the south by the savanna and on the north by the Sudanian woodlands. The habitats host abundant indigenous plants and animals, in addition to migrant