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    Fort Coenraadsburg or Conraadsburg, also Fort São Tiago da Mina, is a small Portuguese chapel built in honor of Saint Jago and it is situated opposite...
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    century, the Vrijburghers settled north of the Benya lagune, near Fort Coenraadsburg. This part of Elmina, also known as "the Garden" was spared from British...
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    Elmina Castle (redirect from Fort Elmina)
    to protect St. George's Castle from inland attacks. This fort was called Fort Coenraadsburg. The Dutch continued the triangular Atlantic slave route until...
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    Entrevaux, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle Fort Coenraadsburg Fort Saint Anthony Osu Castle Elmina Castle São Sebastião Frankfurt...
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    the third Anglo-Ashanti war of 1873–1874. Elmina is also home to Fort Coenraadsburg on St. Jago Hill, built by the Portuguese in 1555 under the name Forte...
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    348100°W / 5.082600; -1.348100) Fort Coenraadsburg, Elmina (5°05′04″N 1°21′03″W / 5.08444°N 1.35083°W / 5.08444; -1.35083) Fort Vredenburgh, Komenda (5°03′06″N...
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    Dutch Gold Coast colony and the Dutch maintain their settlement at Fort Coenraadsburg. The area is now part of the Central Region of Ghana. October 12 –...
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  • extortion later that year and serving eight days in confinement on Fort Coenraadsburg for absence without leave. During his tenure as interim governor,...
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    Governor Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper threatened to fire cannon from Fort Coenraadsburg into Elmina that the conflict was finally settled.[citation needed]...
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    the interior. The first was Fort Beekestein, built in 1792 or 1793 about 300 meters west of Fort St. Jago (the Coenraadsburg) on the Benya Lagoon. It was...
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  • Komenda: Fort Komenda (1868–1872) Dutch Komenda: Fort Vredenburgh (1688 fort – 1782 / 1785–1872) Elmina: Castle St. George d'Elmina, Fort Coenraadsburg on St...
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    Dutch Gold Coast colony and the Dutch maintain their settlement at Fort Coenraadsburg. The area is now part of the Central Region of Ghana. October 12 –...
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    accompanied him on his trip to Moscovia, married his daughter. In 1652 Fort Coenraadsburg on the Gold Coast was named after him. One of Albert Burgh's grandsons...
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