Fort Witsen

{{Short description|Destroyed Fort on Dutch Gold Coast (contemporary Ghana)}}

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Fort Witsen, also Fort Tacaray, was a fort on the Dutch Gold Coast, established in 1665 near Takoradi. This fort was destroyed after a few years, and in 1684 the site was abandoned. A map from 1791 shows, however, that the Dutch had renewed their presence in the fort again.Dutch National Archives, object number: VEL0759. Source: [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/detail.aspx?page=dpost&lang=nl&id=816#tab2 Atlas of Mutual Heritage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510065734/http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/detail.aspx?page=dpost&lang=nl&id=816#tab2 |date=2013-05-10 }} The fort was handed over to Britain, along with the entire Dutch Gold Coast, on 6 April 1872, owing to the provisions of the Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870-1871.