Otto Friedrich von der Groeben: Ashanti People, Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Otto Friedrich von der Groeben (16 April 1657 30 June 1728) was a Prussian explorer, officer and general in Polish service. Von der Groeben was born in Napratten (today Napraty, Poland) to the General Georg Heinrich von der Groeben. He started a journey through Italy, Malta, Egypt, Palestine and Cyprus in the age of 17 and returned in 1680. After Philipp Pietersen Blonck, a sailor in Prussian service, had landed at the Cape Three Points (modern Ghana) and signed a treaty of friendship with the local Ahanta chiefs Pregate, Sophonie and Apany in 1680, the Brandenburgisch-Afrikanische Compagnie was founded in 1681 and a new expedition was organised.