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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.

Banda Islands on the island Banda Naira, constructed in 1609.
Fort Nassau (North) established 1614 near Albany, New York for the Indian trade. Later replaced by Fort Orange.
Gloucester City, 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 sixteenth or early seventeenth 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.
In addition, a Fort Nassau in The Bahamas, under British control, was the site of a naval action and amphibious landing during the American Revolutionary War in 1775.

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