While in Denmark, Dyppel published the 1670 book Fire Sparetimers Fructer, a motivational treatise concerning piety and introspection. He drafted a letter to Charles II of England, but never sent it due to the rising tension between Denmark and England. Upon a return trip to Europe in 1665, the British captured Dyppel's ship (according to Krarup, because he was unaware of the Anglo-Dutch War).ĭyppel went to Denmark, and had audiences with Frederick III of Denmark in the hopes of recovering the lost goods, which amounted to a value of 3000 rdl. During the next five years, Dyppel prospered and secured a small fortune. In 1660, he and 3 Zeelandic merchants (most importantly Jan Basselaer) founded a trading company. In the West Indies, Dyppel became a clerk with a British trader on Saint Christopher ( Saint Kitts). The name Dyppel comes from Dybbøl in Southern Jutland.Īfter Dyppel's education, he went to the West Indies as an indentured servant. Biography Early life ĭyppel was born in Helsingør, Denmark-Norway as the son of a baker from Holstein or Sønderjylland and Else Pedersdatter. His rule was marked by the work to construct a functioning colony and the difficulties of such a task. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, from 1672 to 1680. Jørgen Iversen Dyppel (Febru– 1683), also called George Iversen or Ifversen, or sometimes Doppel in Knox, was the first governor of the renewed establishment of St.
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