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Fort Amsterdam, Ghana

Fort Amsterdam is a historic fort located in Kormantin, Ghana. It was originally built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne. In 1665, the fort was captured by the Dutch West India Company and became part of the Dutch Gold Coast until it was traded to the British in 1868. The fort remains an important historic site today.

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Fort Amsterdam, Ghana

Fort Amsterdam is a historic fort located in Kormantin, Ghana. It was originally built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne. In 1665, the fort was captured by the Dutch West India Company and became part of the Dutch Gold Coast until it was traded to the British in 1868. The fort remains an important historic site today.

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Fort Amsterdam, Ghana

Fort Amsterdam front view

- In Kormantin, Central region, Ghana


- Built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort
Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne

Fort Amsterdam is a fort in Kormantin, Central region,


Ghana. It was built by the English between 1638 and
1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was
captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch
West India Company in 1665. It was subsequently
made part of the Dutch Gold Coast, and remained part
of it until the fort was traded with the British in 1868. Slave Dungeon in Fort Amsterdam
The Fort is located at Abandze on the north-east of
Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.
Early in 1782, Captain Thomas Shirley in the 50-gun ship Leander and the sloop-of-
war Alligator sailed to the Dutch Gold Coast. Britain was at war with The Netherlands and Shirley
captured the small Dutch forts at Moree (Fort Nassau - 20 guns), Kormantin (Courmantyne or - 32
guns), Apam (Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns), Senya Beraku (Fort Goede Hoop - 18
guns), and Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur or Ussher Fort - 32 guns).
REFERENCE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Amsterdam,_Ghana,
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Fort-Amsterdam%2C-
Ghana

Canon in Fort Amsterdam

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