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Fort Witsen

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53: 37: 60: 164:. This fort was destroyed after a few years, and in 1684 the site was abandoned. A map from 1791 shows, however, that the Dutch had renewed their presence in the fort again. The fort was handed over to 199: 605: 620: 483: 83: 233: 196: 173: 211: 52: 428: 259: 274: 615: 610: 307: 251: 226: 625: 322: 498: 518: 488: 8: 564: 478: 413: 395: 317: 243: 219: 551: 531: 526: 473: 468: 453: 448: 423: 360: 312: 559: 508: 390: 385: 352: 337: 302: 192: 458: 405: 380: 375: 370: 327: 287: 169: 157: 28: 241: 569: 438: 203: 584: 418: 282: 165: 599: 536: 493: 463: 98: 85: 332: 297: 292: 503: 433: 342: 264: 574: 541: 365: 161: 36: 16:
Destroyed Fort on Dutch Gold Coast (contemporary Ghana)
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Forts of the former European colonial powers on the
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Dutch Gold Coast

Fort Witsen is located in Ghana
4°55′00″N 1°45′00″W / 4.916688°N 1.749916°W / 4.916688; -1.749916
Dutch Gold Coast
Takoradi
Britain
Dutch Gold Coast
Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870-1871
Dutch National Archives
Atlas of Mutual Heritage
Archived
Wayback Machine
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Gold Coast
Brandenburg-Prussian forts
Groß Friedrichsburg
Dorothea
British forts
Apollonia
Metal Cross
Sekondi
Komenda
Cape Coast
Victoria
Royal
William
William (lighthouse)

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