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Fort Barneveld

17th century · 17th century

Fort Barneveld was a Dutch fort on the island of Bacan in the northern Moluccas, in present-day Indonesia, built by the Dutch East India Company in the early 17th century after it displaced the Portuguese from the island. Named after the Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, it helped secure Dutch control of the clove trade and influence over the sultans of Bacan.

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Bacan Sultanate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fort Barneveld. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-barneveld
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