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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
il, and obtained a right to all the lands lying above the 40th degree up to the 48th degree of north latitude, which was three degrees farther north than the former grant, and included the greater part of Acadia, or New Scotland, and also King Gustaf Adolph. extended westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean: all this was included in New England. The rest remained under Virginia. About the same time the Hollanders undertook to steal into these American harbors. They took a fancy to ee small forts, which were, however, soon after destroyed by the natives of the country. It now came in order for Sweden also to take part in this enterprise. William Usselinx, a Hollander, born at Antwerp in Brabant, presented himself to King Gustaf Adolph, and laid before him a proposition for a trading company, to be established in Sweden, and to extend its operations to Asia, Africa, and Magellan's Land (Terra Magellanica), with the assurance that this would be a great source of revenue