Fort Cormantin
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Fort Cormantin was a 17th-century English trading fort on the Gold Coast of West Africa, later known as Fort Amsterdam and significant in the early Atlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Cormantin canonical | 1 |
| Fort Cormantine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8774206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Cormantin Context triple: [Fort Amsterdam, originalName, Fort Cormantin]
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A.
Fort-Lamy
Fort-Lamy was the former colonial name of Chad’s capital city, now known as N'Djamena, established by the French along the Chari River.
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B.
Fort Saint-Elme
Fort Saint-Elme is a historic coastal fortress in southern France overlooking the Mediterranean, known for its star-shaped Renaissance military architecture and panoramic views of the Côte Vermeille.
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C.
Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
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D.
Fort d’Estrées
Fort d’Estrées is a historic coastal fortification on Gorée Island in Senegal, now serving as a museum that documents the island’s role in Atlantic trade and colonial history.
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E.
Fort de la Cigogne
Fort de la Cigogne is a historic coastal fortification located on the Glénan Islands off the coast of Brittany, France, built to protect the archipelago and surrounding maritime routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Cormantin Target entity description: Fort Cormantin was a 17th-century English trading fort on the Gold Coast of West Africa, later known as Fort Amsterdam and significant in the early Atlantic slave trade.
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A.
Fort-Lamy
Fort-Lamy was the former colonial name of Chad’s capital city, now known as N'Djamena, established by the French along the Chari River.
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B.
Fort Saint-Elme
Fort Saint-Elme is a historic coastal fortress in southern France overlooking the Mediterranean, known for its star-shaped Renaissance military architecture and panoramic views of the Côte Vermeille.
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C.
Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
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D.
Fort d’Estrées
Fort d’Estrées is a historic coastal fortification on Gorée Island in Senegal, now serving as a museum that documents the island’s role in Atlantic trade and colonial history.
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E.
Fort de la Cigogne
Fort de la Cigogne is a historic coastal fortification located on the Glénan Islands off the coast of Brittany, France, built to protect the archipelago and surrounding maritime routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic slave trade site
ⓘ
European fortification on the Gold Coast ⓘ trading fort ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fort Cormantin (Fort Amsterdam)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Cormantine ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Cormantin
|
| architecturalStyle | European coastal fort ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British involvement in the Atlantic slave trade
ⓘ
Dutch colonial trade ⓘ Swedish colonial trade ⓘ |
| builtBy | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Ghana
ⓘ
Forts in Ghana ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Ghana ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Dutch West India Company
ⓘ
English ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| formerName | Fort Amsterdam ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
military defense
ⓘ
slave holding facility ⓘ trading post ⓘ warehouse ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
early English base on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
node in trans-Atlantic slave routes ⓘ |
| hasView | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| heritageListing | Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Region, Ghana
ⓘ
Cormanston ⓘ Gold Coast ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cape Coast
ⓘ
Cormanston village ⓘ Saltpond ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| material |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
European forts on the Gold Coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Forts and Castles of Ghana
coastal defense system on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| regionOfSignificance | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
gold trade
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ trade in other commodities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Cormantin Description of subject: Fort Cormantin was a 17th-century English trading fort on the Gold Coast of West Africa, later known as Fort Amsterdam and significant in the early Atlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fort Cormantin