Fort Orange (also Fort Oranje or Fort Oranije) was the first permanent Dutchsettlement in New York. It was a replacement for Fort Nassau, which was built in 1614 on nearby Castle Island, in the Hudson River and served as a trading post until 1617, when it was abondoned due to frequent flooding.
Fort Orange was a small wooden structure, erected in 1624 by the Dutch West India Company as a fur trading post on the west bank of the Hudson River just south of the where the city of Albany now stands. It became the company's official outpost in the upper Hudson Valley, similar to the company's many other headquarters throughout their worldwide trading empire.
Fort Orange (Dutch: FortOranje or Fort Oranije) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland.
It was a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built in 1614 on nearby Castle Island in the Hudson River and which served as a trading post until 1617, when it was abandoned due to frequent flooding.
Fort Orange was a small wooden structure, erected in 1624 by the Dutch West India Company as a fur trading post on the west bank of the Hudson River, just south of the where the city of Albany now stands.
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.
Senegal, along with FortOranje constructed on an island purchased from the head of a local tribe.
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.
Feeds |
Contact