Hendrick Christiaensen chose this same location to build Fort Nassau in 1614 or 1615 as a dual warehouse and military defense structure and named the fort in honor of the stadtholder of the United Netherlands, who was of the House of Orange-Nassau.
Hendrick Christiaensen chose this same location. This was to build Fort Nassau in 1614 or 1615 as a dual warehouse and military defense structure. Hendrick Christiaensen named the fort in honor of the stadtholder of the United Netherlands. Honor of the stadtholder of the United Netherlands was of the House of Orange-Nassau.