Dutch settlement of Fort Casimir

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The Dutch settlement of Fort Casimir was a mid-17th-century colonial trading and military outpost on the Delaware River that later became the nucleus of present-day New Castle, Delaware.

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instanceOf Dutch colonial fort
military outpost
trading post
adjacentWaterBody Delaware Bay
alsoKnownAs Fort Casimier
linked to: Fort Casimir

Fort Nieuw Amstel
capturedBy New Sweden
colonialEra Age of Dutch colonization in North America
colonialPower Netherlands
conflict Dutch–Swedish rivalry on the Delaware
constructedBy Dutch West India Company
country Dutch Republic
dateCaptured 1654
dateRecaptured 1655
foundedBy Peter Stuyvesant
garrisonedBy Dutch soldiers
Swedish soldiers
heritageDesignation part of a U.S. National Historic Landmark District
historicalTerritory New Netherland on the South River
linked to: New Netherland
inception 1651
laterKnownAs New Amstel
New Castle
locatedIn Delaware Colony
Delaware River
North America
present-day New Castle, Delaware
namedAfter Casimir, Count of Nassau-Dietz
nearbySettlement Fort Christina
nucleusOf present-day New Castle, Delaware
onRiver Delaware River
opposedTo New Sweden
partOf New Netherland
presentSite New Castle Historic District
purpose control of Delaware River navigation
military defense
trade
recapturedBy Dutch Republic
region Lower Delaware River valley
renamedAs Fort Trinity
strategicImportance control of access to the interior via the Delaware River
successorState English colony of Delaware
linked to: Delaware Colony
timePeriod mid-17th century
usedFor fur trade
tobacco trade

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New Castle, Delaware foundedAs Dutch settlement of Fort Casimir