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Fort Nassau

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.

Banda Islands on the island Banda Naira, constructed in 1609.
Albany, New York or nearby in 1614 for The Indian Trade. Later joined by Fort Oranje.
Gloucester, New Jersey in 1626 also for the Indian trade.
Senegal, along with Fort Oranje constructed on an island purchased from the head of a local tribe.
Ghana, along with Fort Oranje and Fort Amsterdam. Later used for the slave trade. Probably constructed in the late 16th or early 17th century.
In the Netherlands at Aardenburg[?] in Zeeland, originally named Fort Nieuw Terhofstede, together with the inevitable Fort Oranje constructed in 1621-1622.
On a hill on the Caribbean island of Curaçao near Willemstad[?], later converted to a restaurant.

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