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

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New Castle, Delaware foundedAs Dutch settlement of Fort Casimir