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Fort Nassau (Gold Coast)

1612–1868 · 17th century

Fort Nassau was the first Dutch fort on the Gold Coast, built in 1612 at Moree in present-day Ghana at the invitation of the kingdom of Asebu. It served as Dutch headquarters on the coast until they captured Elmina from the Portuguese in 1637. It passed to Britain in the Anglo-Dutch exchange of 1868.

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Kingdom of Asebu Dutch Gold Coast

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

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