Pennsylvania History Story Describes Hudson's Delaware Bay Discovery
The piece recounts 17th century exploration, noting Henry Hudson sailing into Delaware Bay in 1609. It explains Dutch origins of New Netherlands, Hudson’s voyage up the New Jersey coast, and his role in proving a great river’s outlet, fostering Dutch claims and Pennsylvania's early history.
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Frederic A. Godcharles
Pennsylvania
John Smith
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Holland
Spain
Henry Hudson
America
Delaware Bay
Hudson
Republic of the Netherlands
Philip of Spain
China
Hudson River
New Netherlands
Delaware
Zuyd River
South River
Bath
New Jersey
Setember
Sandy Hook
New York Bay
Dutch East India Company
Europe
Early Dutch exploration of the Delaware and Pennsylvania
The account traces Dutch and French exploration along the Delaware and Susquehanna, naming key figures and ships. It notes Samuel Argall naming the Delaware, Ebeville Brule's later entry, Hudson’s fur-driven motive, Mey and Jacobson’s Cape Mey and Cape Cornelus, the Onrust built by Adrian Block, and Hendrickson’s 1616 Delaware voyage discovering Schuylkill and Philadelphia sites, plus the 1621 Dutch West Indies Company formation.
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Cornelius Jacobson Mey
Zuyd River
Cape
Adrian Block
Cornelius Hendrickson Bright
Delaware
Delaware River
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Kleynties
North River
Pennsylvania
Dutch West Indies Company
Dutch Fort Nassau and Early Delaware Settlement
The text recounts Dutch claims and settlements along the Delaware River from Fort Nassau near Wilmington to Lewes, noting the 17th century chartered trade rights, the 1620s origin of New Netherland under Peter Minuet, and the 1680 relocation of Dutch settlers to what became Lewes. The fort served as a fur depot and trade center for roughly three decades.
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America
New Foundland
Straits of Magellan
New Netherland
Mey
Delaware
Fort Nassau
Wilmington
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
New Netherlands
Dutch ‘West India Company
Peter Minuet
Manhattan
Wessel
Island of
Dutch West Indian Company
David Pieterzoon de Vries
Texel
Cape
Cornelive
Henlopen
Lewes
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