States General – Freeport History Timeline ../../../index.html A research project focused on the combination of different open source technologies as a way to preserve and present historical data Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:30:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 Adriaen Block and twelve other merchants petition the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading privileges in the New Netherland province ../../../adriaen-block-and-twelve-other-merchants-petition-the-states-general-of-the-netherlands-for-exclusive-trading-privileges-in-the-new-netherland-province/ ../../../adriaen-block-and-twelve-other-merchants-petition-the-states-general-of-the-netherlands-for-exclusive-trading-privileges-in-the-new-netherland-province/#respond Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:26:34 +0000 http://freeporthistory.com/?p=2739 Wpdms_aq_block_1614

– Block’s map indicates the first time the region is referred to as New Netherland

– The patent gives the newly formed New Netherland Company exclusive rights for three years to trade between the 40th parallel north and 45th parallel  north

 

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