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He then showed us the place where our people had set up a column to which was fastened a piece of tin, whereon the arms of
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248:Swaanendael
198:Colen Donck
127:Settlements
97:Fort Altena
72:Fort Orange
44:Exploration
18:Zwaanendael
1070:Categories
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761:References
755:New Sweden
668:New Sweden
597:The Walvis
362:Twelve Men
258:Nieuw Dorp
223:Breuckelen
218:Gravesende
193:Oude Dorpe
188:Vlissingen
183:Achter Col
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117:De Rondout
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807:"History"
779:. BRILL.
367:Eight Men
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299:(1625–26)
291:(1620–25)
208:Heemstede
203:Greenwich
713:See also
653:de Vries
613:Delaware
566:Cape May
546:Delaware
542:Maryland
502:Delaware
372:Nine Men
213:Rustdorp
163:Wiltwijk
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516:History
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173:Pavonia
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