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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sighting the island he named it Isla de San Martín after Saint Martin of Tours because it was November 11, St. Martin Day.[citation needed] However, though...
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diseases brought by the Europeans. In 1631, the Dutch built Fort Amsterdam on Saint Martin and the Dutch West India Company began mining salt there. Tensions...
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commander Peter Stuyvesant, later the governor of New Amsterdam, unsuccessfully besieged Fort Amsterdam and was forced to retreat with the loss of hundreds...
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Makassar Fort Victoria, Ambon Fort Amsterdam, Ambon Fort Nassau, Banda Islands Fort Belgica, Banda Islands Fort Revenge, Banda Islands Fort Hollandia...
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Princess Juliana International Airport (redirect from St Martin airport)
(IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The airport is located on the Dutch side of the island, in the country...
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Sint Maarten (redirect from Island area of Saint Martin)
divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital...
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Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin (or Lostal) (c. 1629 – 14 April 1696) was a French chevalier, who came in an unknown year from the Béarn to the Dutch...
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Fort Idrakpur Fort Jangalbari Fort Jinjira Palace (also used as a fort) Lalbagh Fort Mahasthangarh Fort Sonakanda Fort Saint Ann's Fort Charles Fort Babruysk...
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from the Middle Ages Muizenfort, (Mice Fort) a 19th-century fortification part of the Stelling van Amsterdam Fort Pampus Island is an artificial island...
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Prince-de-Monaco Île Ronde Île Saint-Lanne Gramont Île Swains (see Iles Leygues) Île Violette Île Amsterdam Île Saint-Paul Basse-Terre Îlet à Cochons...
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(1534–1763) Present-day United States The Fort Saint Louis (Texas) (1685–1689) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1650–1733) Fort Caroline in French Florida (occupation...
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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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New Castle – English 1623: Fort Nassau – Dutch 1624: St. Kitts – English 1624: Governors Island – Dutch 1624: New Amsterdam – Dutch 1625: Cape Breton –...
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international trade. Two historic forts bear witness to Philipsburg's strategic importance in St. Maarten's history: Fort Amsterdam and Fort Willem. The main shopping...
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Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. The new status took effect on 22 February 2007, when the law was published in the Journal Officiel. Saint Martin remains...
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serving the Twin Cities in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory. Although situated within the unorganized...
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New Netherland (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York) Greenland Claim to Labrador Claim and settlement in Terra Nova (Newfoundland) Fort Ross, California Kauai...
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of Saint-Martin in the siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1627) but were repulsed after three months. Small French royal boats managed to supply St Martin in...
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Tenth Avenue (Manhattan) (redirect from Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan))
connecting with Fort George Avenue south of Highbridge Park at West 193rd Street. On the north side of Highbridge Park, unconnected to Amsterdam Avenue on the...
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(of Fort Orange and New Amsterdam) were primarily interested in fur trading. The Iroquois had allied with the Dutch of Fort Orange and New Amsterdam, who...
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the island) Ruette Brayes (leads to St Martin's and the south of the island) Fort Road (leads to St Martin's) The following coastal roads (listed from...
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the city of Utrecht. The most dominant of these was the Cathedral of Saint Martin, inside the old Roman fortress. The construction of the present Gothic...
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Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva...
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expanded forts along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, including adding to Fort Bellefontaine, and constructing Fort Armstrong (1816) and Fort Edwards...
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stage through the smoke" as the group performed. Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Mac Engel claimed that Martin showed all of the skills that make him one of the...
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fortificación y geoestrategia en Saint-Domingue entre 1665 y 1748". Gladius. 39: 147. doi:10.3989/gladius.2019.08. ISSN 1988-4168. "Fort Montagu, Nassau". 2009-04-23...
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Harris, MAJ Lucas (2018). ISIS vs. Al Qaeda: An Ideological Comparison. Fort Leavenworth, KS: US Army Command and General Staff College. pp. 2, 8, 9,...
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Dutch surrender of Fort Amsterdam to English control in 1664, England took over the Dutch colony of New Netherland, including New Amsterdam. Formalized in...
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