Fort Nassau (North River)

Fort Nassau
Part of New Netherland
Albany, New York
1893 map of Westerlo Island now Castle Island
Fort Nassau
Coordinates	42°38′8.520″N 73°45′16.560″W / 42.63570000°N 73.75460000°W / 42.63570000; -73.75460000
Type	Fort
Site history
Built	1614
Built by	Hendrick Christiaensen
Materials	Wooden structure surrounded by earthenworks
Demolished	1618
Events	First Dutch fort in North America
Garrison information
Past commanders	Jacob Eelkens
Garrison	10 or 12 men
Occupants	Dutch traders and soldiers

New Netherland series
Exploration
Fortifications:
Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop De Wal Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus Fort Beversreede Fort Nya Korsholm De Rondout
Settlements:
Noten Eylandt Nieuw Amsterdam Rensselaerswijck Nieuw Haarlem Beverwijck Wiltwijk Bergen Pavonia Vriessendael Achter Col Vlissingen Oude Dorpe Colen Donck Greenwich Heemstede Rustdorp Gravesende Breuckelen Nieuw Amersfoort Midwout Nieuw Utrecht Boswijk Swaanendael Nieuw Amstel Nieuw Dorp
The Patroon System
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620–25) Willem Verhulst (1625–26) Peter Minuit (1626–32) Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33) Wouter van Twiller (1633–38) Willem Kieft (1638–47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647–64)
People of New Netherland
New Netherlander Twelve Men Eight Men Nine Men
Flushing Remonstrance
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Fort Nassau was the first Dutch settlement in North America, located beside the "North River" (the modern Hudson) within present-day Albany, New York, in the United States. The factorij was a small fortification which served as a trading post and warehouse.