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Christianshavn Incident, the Glossary

The Christianshavn Incident, also known as the Skirmish at Santa Cruz, was a minor incident and skirmish between Danish and Spanish military assets near Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Spain.^[1]

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1640 in Spain
1640s in Danish India
Battles involving the Danish East India Company
Spanish Africa

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands (Canarias), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Castle of San Cristóbal (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

The Castle of San Cristóbal (Castillo de San Cristóbal) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) was the first fortification of significance on the island of Tenerife and the main defensive building on Santa Cruz Bay.

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Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648.

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Danish East India Company

The Danish East India Company (Ostindisk Kompagni) refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. Christianshavn Incident and Danish East India Company are 1640s in Danish India.

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Danish India

Danish India was the name given to the forts and factories of Denmark (Denmark–Norway before 1814) in the Indian subcontinent, forming part of the Danish overseas colonies.

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John Webber

John Webber (6 October 1751 – 29 May 1793) was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition.

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Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.

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Museum Tusculanum Press

Museum Tusculanum Press (Danish: Museum Tusculanums Forlag) is an independent academic press historically associated with the University of Copenhagen, publishing mainly in the humanities, social sciences and theology.

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Rampart (fortification)

The multiple ramparts of the British Camp hillfort in Herefordshire In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.

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San Cristóbal de La Laguna

San Cristóbal de La Laguna (commonly known as La Laguna) is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands, Spain.

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (locally), commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz, is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and one of the capitals of the Canary Islands, along with Las Palmas.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976.

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Waterline

The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water.

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White flag

White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale.

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Willem Leyel

Willem Leyel or Willum Leyel (– Spring 1654) was a Danish governor of Tranquebar and captain in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Willem Leyel was born in c. 1593 in Elsinore and would be employed by the in Batavia during his early 20s. During his employment, Leyel would also live in Persia, where he would be acknowledged for his hard work. Christianshavn Incident and Willem Leyel are 1640s in Danish India.

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Yard (sailing)

A yard is a spar on a mast from which sails are set.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianshavn_Incident