Complete the sentence about Cape Coast with the correct year: Sometime in ______, a plot of land was bought from the King of Fetu by Hendrik Carloff, acting for Dutch privateers working against the Dutch West India Company.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1650
Sometime in 1650 a plot of land was bought from the King of Fetu by Hendrik Carloff, acting for Dutch privateers working against the Dutch West India Company. Trade between Fetu and the Europeans had been growing.
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