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Cayenne, currently the capital of French Guiana, was a hotly contested area between French and Dutch colonizers in the 17th century. [1] In 1615, Theodore Claessen founded a Dutch colony at Cayenne, but it seems to have perished quickly. [2] Another expedition to found a settlement at Cayenne left Flushing in 1626, under the captaincy of Claude ...
Maarten Gerritszoon Vries or Fries, also referred to as de Vries, (18 February 1589 in Harlingen, Netherlands – late 1647 at sea near Manila) was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer and explorer, the first Western European to leave an account of his visit to Ezo, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
The Portuguese conquest of French Guiana, also known as Conquest of Cayenne (Portuguese: Conquista de Caiena), was a military operation against Cayenne, capital of the South American colony of French Guiana, launched in January 1809 in the context of the Napoleonic Wars.
Failing his objective there, de Vries sailed to Virginia, where was successful in obtaining provisions for the new colonists in Zwaanendael, to which he returned. [6] The massacre convinced the Dutch to retrench their settlements and de Vries shortly thereafter removed the new colonists to New Amsterdam (New York City).
De Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne remained with Mercedes for their swansong season in Formula E. [32] De Vries won the first race of season 8 in Diriyah, and got pole the next day, but finished in 10th, and ended the championship in 9th with 106 points. [33] De Vries left at the end of the season, securing a contract to compete in Formula One.
In 1940, De Vries moved back to Drenthe. [1] During the Second World War, De Vries was involved in the Dutch Resistance. [2] De Vries also held contacts with Johannes Post, of whom he later also wrote a biography. In 1945, De Vries was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst, but was released because one of the Nazi officers loved his novel Hilde. [3 ...
David Pieterszoon de Vries (c. 1593 – 13 September 1655) was a Dutch navigator from the city of Hoorn. [1] Biography.
Jan de Vries (born November 14, 1943) is a Dutch economic historian. He is Professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. [1] He is best known for his work on the Industrial Revolution and European urbanization, as well as the economic history of the Netherlands. [2] [1] [3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in ...