Fort Nassau, Banda Islands
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Fort Nassau, Banda Islands
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Fort Nassau was the first Dutch fort built on Banda Neira Island, the main island of the Banda Islands, part of Maluku in Indonesia, completed in 1609. Its purpose was to control the trade in nutmeg, which at that time was only grown in the Banda Islands. The Portuguese had previously attempted to build a fort in this location in 1529 but, after constructing the foundations, they abandoned the work due to hostility from the Bandanese people. On 25 April 1609, the Dutch fleet commander, Admiral V
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Building in Banda Neira
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nassau,_Banda_Islands
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2024-02-21T22:43:54Z
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