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Fort Nassau (Berbice)

1627–1785 · 17th century

Fort Nassau was the Dutch fort and trading post on the Berbice River in present-day Guyana, about 90 km upstream, and the first seat of the Berbice colony founded by the van Peere family in 1627. It was the centre of the colony until the Berbice slave uprising of 1763, after which the capital moved downriver to New Amsterdam.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fort Nassau (Berbice). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-nassau-berbice
MLA: “Fort Nassau (Berbice).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-nassau-berbice. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Fort Nassau (Berbice).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-nassau-berbice.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Fort Nassau (Berbice)’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-nassau-berbice (Accessed: ).

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