Dutch Explorers, Traders, and Settlers in the Delaware Valley, 1609-1644 / C. A. Weslager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weslager, C. A., Author.

Contributor:

Dunlap, A. R.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutch--Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

Dutch.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.) : illus.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Important Dates in Dutch Chronology on the Delaware

Abbreviations Used in Footnotes

Contents

I. Henry Hudson

II. The First Expedition

III. The Island in the Delaware

IV. The Swanendael Tragedy

V. Indians – and the Building of Fort Nassau

VI. Intruders, Forts, and Beaver Trade

VII. The Secret Instructions for Peter Minuit

VIII. Building Activities and Architecture

IX. Dutch Maps and Geographical Names

X. The End of the Dutch Era

Appendices

Index

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512808629

1512808628

OCLC:

979743733