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Adriaen Courtsen Block (c. 1567 – 27 April 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson. [1]
Peter Stuyvesant (English: / ˈ s t aɪ v ə s ən t /; in Dutch also Pieter and Petrus Stuyvesant, Dutch: [ˈstœyvəzɑnt]; c. 1610 – August 1672) was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was ...
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Peter Minuit (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Walloon merchant from Wesel, in present-day northwestern Germany. He was the 3rd Director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Netherland.
The initial settlement of New Netherland was created for reasons that were very different from those that motivated the English and French. In many ways, the Dutch colony's early years were unlike what was experienced by other European colonies in North America.
Oct 5, 2022 · At Amazon. This edition of A Description of New Netherland provides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century.
Welcome to New Netherland. All students learn the story of the Pilgrims and of the colony of Jamestown. Fewer are familiar with the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Henry Hudson first explored the area that would become New Netherland. Although he was English, Hudson worked for a private corporation, the Dutch East India Company.
What was New Netherland? The colony of New Netherland was located in what are now parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Dutch settlers laid the foundation for cities that still exist today. Beverwijck, once a center of the fur trade, is now Albany, New York.
