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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 forts at:*Aardenburg in Zeeland (Netherlands), 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.*On the island of CuraƧao 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 1626 at Big Timber Creek at Gloucester City, New Jersey.*Fort Nassau (Ghana), established near Mori. Later used for the slave trade. Probably constructed in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century.*Senegal, along with Fort Oranje constructed on an island purchased from the head of a local tribe.*Fort Nassau (Guyana), on the Berbice River. - Source: Wikipedia

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