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Fort Amsterdam
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Nicholaes Visscher: Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ, Amsterdam 1685 (Detail) The inscription reads in old Dutch A) The Fort B) The Ch
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Len Tantillo - Fort Amsterdam 1650