page_title: Fort Du Bus
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Du Bus
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Léonard Pierre Joseph Burgrave du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1826 to 1830. Part of the Governors-general series.
context_page_description: Fort Du Bus was a Dutch administrative and trading post established in 1828 on Triton Bay on the southwest coast of New Guinea, in the current Indonesian province of West Papua. Intended to counter British encroachment, it was the first European settlement in the region; it was abandoned in 1835, due to the unhealthy climate and attacks by natives.
context_section_description: Fort Du Bus was a Dutch administrative and trading post established in 1828 on Triton Bay on the southwest coast of New Guinea, in the current Indonesian province of West Papua. Intended to counter British encroachment, it was the first European settlement in the region; it was abandoned in 1835, due to the unhealthy climate and attacks by natives.
caption: Léonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies
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