Fort Anké was a fort located in North Jakarta,

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. It was built by the

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in 1657 along the river of the same name, to the west of the city of Jakarta. Historical names for the fort include Anckee, Anke, and Ankee. Three officers of the French corsair ''Le Modeste'' were held as prisoners at the fort for five months, when French naturalist J.-J. La Billardière visited them in November 1796. The same text says the fort was located an hour from Batavia. A Dutch map from 1740 shows the fort at the intersection of the Mookervaart channel and

Angke river The Angke River ( or , ) is a long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from Bogor area of West Java, passing through the cities of Tangerang (Banten) and Jakarta into the Java Sea via the Cengkareng Drain.BBWS Ciliwung Cisadane. ''Pengen ...

AMH-4633-NA Map of the Anke entrenchment

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