– On the ship Halve Maen (Half Moon)

– Hudson names the river Mauritius River, North River is commonly used

– Presently the Hudson River

Covertly, Hudson is seeking the North West Passage which would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. Rather, he makes contact with native Americans in the region and reports signs that it could be a significant source for beaver pelts which has a lucrative market in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_hudson

– Rodriguez traps and trades with the local inhabitants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_(Jan)_Rodriguez

https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/juan-rodriguez-monograph.cfm#photo_modal/0/

– Presently Hudson River

– Piloting the ship Jonge Tobias

– Mossel trades for beaver furs with the local Indians

– Mossel’s crewman Juan Rodriguez stays behind with goods he received in payment, about eighty hatchets, some knives, a musket and a sword

– Presently the Hudson River

– Block’s fourth voyage to the region

– Sent by the Van Tweenhuysen Company for beaver furs

– Block pilots the Tyger (Tijger, Tiger), Hendrick Christeansen the Fortuyn and Thijs Volckenz Mossel the Nachtegaal

Towards the end of January 1614, after Indians bring pelts daily from miles around to the southern tip of Manhattan to trade with Block, the Tyger burns just after its holds are filled and before it can re-embark to Holland. This likely occurs at the mouth of stream that empties into the North River at this location. Local Lanape help Block build shelters and provide game for his men and together they begin building a new ship.

In March, eight from Block’s crew seize the Nachtegaal.  Christeansen returns from up river in the Fortuyn just after the Nachtegaal heads out to the Atlantic. He gives chase but his crew will not fire upon upon their fellow mates and he’s forced to turn back. The Nachtegaal and it’s crew join the pirate fleets in the West Indies. After spending several months in the Caribbean they stop in Manhattan for repairs before heading to Spain. Rather they arrive in waters off Ireland, a haven for pirates, where the Nachtegaal and its crew is last accounted for.

After Block’s ship the Tyger burns down while moored at the souther tip of Manhattan he heads out in a new 44.5 foot, 16 ton vessel called the Onrust (restless) that his men and Lenape built. He is the first European to navigate Hellegat (Hell Gate at the East River) and enter the Long Island Sound. Along the north side of the sound (Connecticut) he explores the Verse River (Connecticut River) and the River of Red Hills (Housatonic River). He briefly visits the New Haven Harbor area (New Haven), later to become the site of the New Haven Colony. Leaving the sound he charts Block Island and Narraganset Bay.

On October 1, at Cape Cod, Block rendezvous with Christiaensen and the Fortuyn. Returning to Europe, they leave the Onrust behind.

In 1916, remnants of the Tyger are recovered while digging the New York City Subway at the eastern edge of the present World Trade Center complex.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_Block

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyger_(ship)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onrust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate

https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/161517/disappearance-of-the-historic-ship-itijgeri

Orders are given for private, commercial traders to vacate the territory opening it to Dutch settlers and company traders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

A period of private commercial trading, that began in 1614, ends as the Dutch Republic orders those companies to vacate the territory between 1621 and 1623 in order to open it to Dutch settlers and companies

Dutch law now applies rather than the law of the ship

Eight families are left to lay claim to Manna-hata (Manhattan) for the Dutch West India Company while the rest continue up the North River to help establish the center of their fur trading operations at Castle Island.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governors_Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Amsterdam

https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/a-tour-of-new-netherland/hudson-river/nut-island/

The fort is designated the capital of the New Netherland province during this same year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Amsterdam

https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/a-tour-of-new-netherland/manhattan/fort-amsterdam/

With a Mannahatta band of Lenape for trade goods worth 60 guilders on behalf of the West India Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit

– Bogardus is the second domine of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam

– About this same time, Jans pledges a reasonable share of Roeloff Jansen’s estate to his surviving legitimate children

– Jans has four sons with Bogardus over the next 7 years; Willem, Cornelis, Jonas and Pieter