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Sentry post at the northwest corner of Fort St. Sebastian at Shama

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Sentry post at the northwest corner of Fort St. Sebastian at Shama

Temminck Groll, Coenraad Liebrecht

Sentry post at the northwest corner of Fort St. Sebastian at Shama.

The fort was being used as a post office at time of being photographed.

The man in the picture is the postal director.

The fort was captured by the Dutch in 1664 from the Portuguese, who built it in 1550.

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