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The States General of the Dutch Republic awarded the newly formed Dutch West India Company a trade monopoly for the region in 1621, and New Netherland became a province of the Dutch Republic in 1624. The South River was initially chosen as the site of the capital because the colonists felt that it had the best climate.
A map based on Adriaen Block's 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. It was created by Dutch cartographers in the Golden Age of Dutch exploration (c. 1590s –1720s) and Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s –1670s).
In 1614, May was the first to sail the Mauritius River, now known as the Hudson River, where he entered into an agreement with various competing Indian tribal traders. On October 11, 1614, May became party to the New Netherland Company, which received an exclusive patent from the States General of the Netherlands for four voyages to be undertaken for the next three years to territories ...
1624 establishments in Dutch Formosa (2 P) Pages in category "1624 establishments in the Dutch Empire" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Collectors love bills with low serial numbers, such as those below 1,000 or 100 (e.g., 00000100). On eBay, these kinds of bills can sell for anywhere from $10 to $300.
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Low numbers: 00000001 is most prized, but 00000002 to 00000100 are considered valuable. "Ladders": A sequential serial number, like 12345678 or 32109876. Palindromes: Say, 45288254 or 02100120.
Fort Wilhelmus was a factorij in the 17th-century colonial province of New Netherland, located on what had been named Hooghe Eyland (High Island) (also called Verhulsten Island) on the Zuyd Rivier, now Burlington Island in the Delaware River in New Jersey.