This was the location of the first Dutch settlement, a trading post established by Nicolaes Baliestel and Dirck Claeszoon van Sanen in 1613.. 
Ìlú yí jẹ́ ìkan lára àwọn tí Grand-Bassam ti ń ṣe ìjọba, ó sì tún jẹ́ ibùgbé fún àwọn ará Ivory Coast.. 