(Redirected from Carat (purity)) The fineness of a precious metal object (coin, bar, jewelry, etc.) represents the weight of fine metal therein, in proportion to the total weight which includes alloyed base metals and any impurities.
Fort Redoubt, is actually called Advance Redoubt, and is one of four Third System fortifications, built to protect the Pensacola Navy Yard, located in Pensacola FL.
Built between 1666 and 1679, this pentagonal fortification replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 upon establishing a maritime replenishment station at the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) for the Dutch East India Company, better known as the VOC (Verenigde Oos-Indische Compagnie).