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Fort Nassau

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The name Fort Nassau was used by the Dutch in the 17th century for several fortifications, mostly trading stations, named for the House of Orange-Nassau. They included:

  • Fort Nassau (Netherlands) at Aardenburg in Zeeland, originally named Fort Nieuw Terhofstede, together with the inevitable Fort Oranje constructed in 1621-1622
  • Old Nassau Fort in The Bahamas, under British control, which played a small part in a naval action and amphibious landing during the American Revolutionary War in 1776
  • Fort Nassau, Banda Islands, on the island of Bandaneira, constructed in 1609
  • Fort Nassau (Curaçao), built in 1797 on the island of Curaçao near Willemstad, later converted to a restaurant
  • Fort Nassau (North River) established 1614 in Albany, New York for the Indian trade, later replaced by Fort Orange
  • Fort Nassau (South River) established 1627 at Big Timber Creek at Gloucester City, New Jersey
  • Fort Nassau (Ghana), established near Mori (probably in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century), later used for the slave trade
  • Fort Nassau (Senegal), Senegal, along with Fort Oranje constructed on an island purchased from the head of a local tribe
  • Fort Nassau (Guyana), on the Berbice River
  • References

    Fort Nassau Wikipedia