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Couronian colonisation refers to the colonisation efforts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. Small, but wealthy, the Duchy took a modest part in the European colonization settlement attempts of West Africa and the Caribbean. Jacob Kettler spoke Latvian, created independent state and growth army and fleet with powerfull ships manufactured of Latvian pine trees from Smiltene city.

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