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A map of New Netherland (in magenta) and New Sweden (in blue) in the 17th century; New Sweden was later absorbed by New Netherland and then the British in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Long-term European exploration of the Americas commenced after the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus , and the 1497 expedition of John Cabot is credited with ...
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
A 1655 Swedish map shows the fort on Providence Island, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, at its mouth, [3] although Scharf and Westcott state that the fort was on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. [4] In 1634, the Susquehannock used the Great Minquas Path in their conquest of the Lenape people. "Minquas," meaning "treacherous ...
Kings Road: 12 miles (19 km) The King's Road was built from Philadelphia to Lancaster in 1733. [11] It became a section of the Great Wagon Road. PA-340: Old Philadelphia Pike: 10 miles (16 km) PA-340 departs from the original Harrisburg Road at White Horse, Pennsylvania.
The Dutch further explored and charted the area in multiple voyages between 1610 and 1616; the first Dutch settlements were built in 1613 and the name New Netherland appeared on maps from 1614 on. With Swedish funding, the third governor of New Netherland later founded the colony of New Sweden in the region around Delaware Bay in 1638.
Nether Providence Township is located in central Delaware County at (39.894612, -75.373705 It is bordered to the north by the borough of Media, the county seat.Other neighboring municipalities are Upper Providence Township to the north; Springfield Township, the borough of Swarthmore, and Ridley Township to the east; the city of Chester to the south; and the boroughs of Brookhaven and Rose ...
The road was built to provide access to Chester from the north. The Providence Road was said to have been completed in 1684. [6] When Pennsylvania first legislated routes in 1911, what would become PA 252 was designated as Legislative Route 144, running between Media and King of Prussia. At this time, the entire route was unpaved. [7]
Bethlehem Pike is a historic 42.21 mi (67.93 km) long road in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that connects Philadelphia and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.It began as a Native American path called the Minsi Trail which developed into a colonial highway called the King's Road in the 1760s.