New Netherland: Timeline

1614   Adriaen Block Adriaen Block

Adriaen Block was a Dutch [i] private fur trader and navigator who explored the coastal and ... 

 and a group of Amsterdam Amsterdam

, the official capital [i] of the Netherlands [i], lies on the banks of two bodies of water, the IJ bay [i] ... 

 merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland".

1624   Thirty Walloon families settle in the New Netherland colony.

1626   Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan Manhattan

Manhattan is both the Island of Manhattan and encompasses most of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the five boroughs [i] ... 

 from the Lenape Lenape

The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American [i] ... 

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