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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 6 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
small vessels, of which the Fortune, of Amsterdam, had Christiaensen for its commander; the Tiger, of the same port, Adriaen Block; the Fortune, of Hoorn, Cornelis Jacobsen May, to extend the discoveries of Hudson as well as to trade with the natives. The Tiger was accidentally burned near the island of Manhattan; but Adriaen They were chiefly Walloons, Protestant fugitives from Belgian provinces. April was gone before the vessel reached Manhattan. A party under the command of Cornelis Jacobsen May, who has left his name on the southern county and cape of New Jersey, ascended the river Delaware, then known as the South River of the Dutch, and on Timbey covenants of friendship with the various tribes of Indians. The next year, 1624, may be taken as the era of 1624. a continuous civil government, with Cornelis Jacobsen May as the first director. It had power to punish, but not with death; judgments for capital crimes were to be referred to Amsterdam. The emigrant ship retur