Fort Amsterdam was a fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers. The fort and the island were...
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Fort Amsterdam is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, Ghana. It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne...
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The initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam. The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan...
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Fort Amsterdam is a fort located in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was constructed in 1634 by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) and served not only as a military...
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Fort Amsterdam usually refers to the 17th century Dutch fort built in what is now New York City. Fort Amsterdam may also refer to: Fort Amsterdam, Ambon...
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Fort Amsterdam (also formerly known as Blokhuis Amsterdam) is a fort and a blockhouse in Hila town, Leihitu Subdistrict, Central Maluku Regency, Ambon...
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ɑmstərˈdɑm]) is a 135-kilometre (84 mi) ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. It has 42 forts that are 10–15 kilometres (6.2–9.3 mi) from the centre and lowlands...
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Conquest of New Netherland (redirect from Capture of New Amsterdam)
arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam, Fort Amsterdam and the Articles of Surrender of New Netherland were agreed. The...
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Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. It is open to the public as...
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Fort Amsterdam is a historic fort on the island of Saint Martin, near the Sint Maarten town of Philipsburg. The triangular colonial stone fort was built...
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Saskatchewan, Canada Fort Amsterdam, Ghana, a sea-side fort and World Heritage Site in Kormantin, Ghana Amsterdam (ship), ships named Amsterdam, owned by the...
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the natives, as was company policy. He ordered the construction of Fort Amsterdam at its southern tip, around which grew the heart of the province called...
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south to settle New Amsterdam. A 1628 publication on the population of New Netherland stated that "there are no families at Fort Orange ... they keep...
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Peach War (section Occupation of New Amsterdam)
317 soldiers sailed from New Amsterdam for Delaware Bay. On September 15, 1655, Governor Johan Risingh surrendered Fort Christina and the colony without...
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board of directors. In 1625, Verhulst oversaw the decision to locate Fort Amsterdam, the company's main fortress, and town on the tip of Manhattan Island...
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James Island (Gambia) Fort Amsterdam, New York City, originally named Fort James Fort Berthold, North Dakota, originally named Fort James, a fur trading...
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Castello Plan (redirect from Street Plan of New Amsterdam and Colonial New York)
then called New Amsterdam – later renamed by the settlers of the Province of New York settlement as New York City, with its Fort Amsterdam, the center of...
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a citadel and Fort Amsterdam, later called Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam), on present-day Manhattan Island. The colony of New Amsterdam extended from...
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List of castles in Ghana (redirect from Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions)
Cape Coast Fort Augustaborg at Teshie Fort São Sebastião de Xama. Fort William. Fort Amsterdam (Ghana) Fort Batenstein Fort Christiansborg Fort Victoria...
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went to Fort Amsterdam and attacked Kieft. Kieft was unharmed, and Adriaensen arrested. His friends managed to have him sent to Amsterdam for trial...
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which construction was not allowed as not to obstruct the canons in Fort Amsterdam. In 1707, the suburb of Otrobanda was founded. Otrobanda would become...
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New Amsterdam, John S. C. Abbott, 2004. "The next morning, which was Saturday, Colonel Nicholls sent a delegation of four men up to Fort Amsterdam, with...
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Directors of New Netherland (redirect from Director-General of New Amsterdam)
today's Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. The capital, New Amsterdam, became the city of New York when the New Netherlanders provisionally...
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the Fort Amsterdam, a major historic slave fort. Fishing is a major economic activity in the settlement. The settlement is located near Fort Amsterdam, a...
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Amsterdam and named Fort Amsterdam. The British Army renamed it Fort James in 1664. It was briefly reoccupied by the Dutch from 1673 to 1674 as Fort Willem...
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Indians". Further explorations and settlement led to the establishment of Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in 1625. In 1629, with...
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Fort Amsterdam, a British fort in New York City during the American Revolution, also known as Fort George Fort George, New York, five different forts...
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Delaware Statehood in 1776 Fort Christina 1638 Capital of the Swedish colony of Nya Sverige. Fort Amsterdam Nieuw-Amsterdam New-York Nieuw-Oranje New-York...
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natives and started construction of Fort Amsterdam, which grew to become the main port and capital, New Amsterdam. The colony expanded to outlying areas...
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