For the Dutch captain, governor, and administrator for the Dutch East Indian Company, see Adriaen Maertensz Block.
Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "New Netherland"
Adriaen Courtsen Block (c. 1567 – 27 April 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson.[1] He is noted for possibly having named Block Island, Rhode Island, and establishing early trade with the Native Americans, and for the 1614 map of his last voyage on which many features of the mid-Atlantic region appear for the first time, and on which the term New Netherland is first applied to the region. He is credited with being the first European to enter Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River, and to determine that Manhattan and Long Island are islands.[2]
^Hans Krabbendam; Cornelis A. Van Minnenn; Giles Scott-Smith (January 1, 2009). Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009. State Univ of New York Pr; Illustrated edition. ISBN 1438430132.
^History of the United States of America: from the discovery of the Continent, George Bancroft, 1886, Volume 1 p 489
Adriaen Courtsen Block (c. 1567 – 27 April 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal...
island is named after Dutch explorer AdriaenBlock, and the town was named for Shoreham, Kent, in England. Block Island is a popular summer tourist destination...
Adriaen Maertensz Block (c.1582, Gouda – 7 March 1661, Lisse) was successively captain, commander, and governor of Ambon between 1614 and 1617, administrator...
Adriaen is a Dutch form of Adrian. Notable people with the name include: Adriaen Banckert (1615–1684), Dutch admiral AdriaenBlock (1567–1627), Dutch private...
region for potential trading opportunities. Dutch explorer and merchant AdriaenBlock led voyages there between 1611 and 1614, which led the Dutch to determine...
is used in a legal document as late as 1646. One theory states that AdriaenBlock passed by Aquidneck Island during his 1614 expedition, describing it...
Paugusetts. The first European explorer in Connecticut was Dutchman AdriaenBlock, who explored the region in 1614. Dutch fur traders then sailed up the...
originally applied to the entirety of the East River, by Dutch explorer AdriaenBlock, the first European known to have navigated the strait, who bestowed...
used for its medicinal properties and for perfumes. The expeditions by AdriaenBlock and Hendrick Christiaensen in 1611, 1612, 1613 and 1614, resulted in...
captained by Jan Cornelisz Mey and Symon Willemsz Cat respectively. AdriaenBlock, Hendrick Christiaensen, and Cornelius Jacobsen Mey explored, surveyed...
among the English, French, and Dutch colonists. In 1614, Dutch explorer AdriaenBlock traveled along the coast of Long Island Sound and then up the Connecticut...
spelling Adriaen was also common, and people used the spelling interchangeably. Adriaen Backer (1635–1684), Dutch portrait painter Adriaen Cornelisz...
inhabitants of the United Netherlands to the aforesaid search." In 1614, AdriaenBlock led an expedition to the lower Hudson River in the Tyger, and then explored...
region for potential trading opportunities. Dutch explorer and merchant AdriaenBlock led a voyage up the lower Hudson River, the East River, and out into...
based on mistakes in translation and location. But, the Dutch colonist AdriaenBlock, one of the first Europeans to record the names of both tribes, clearly...
Kurdistan, Turkey, Morocco John Blashford-Snell English 20th/21st various AdriaenBlock Dutch 17th East Coast of the United States Nellie Bly American 19th/20th...
the colonists who settled the area assumed that it was this island. AdriaenBlock passed by the island during his expeditions in the 1610s, and described...
"even by a large army". Dutch navigator AdriaenBlock explored and mapped the bay in 1614, and nearby Block Island is named in his honor. The first permanent...
trading ventures. Among the band of explorers were Cornelis Henderson, AdriaenBlock, and Cornelis Jacobsen Mey. The recorded history of Cape May stretches...
pronunciation: [ˈɔnrʏst]; English: Restless) was a Dutch ship built by AdriaenBlock and the crew of the Tyger, which had been destroyed by fire in the winter...
region for potential trading opportunities. Dutch explorer and merchant AdriaenBlock led a voyage up the lower Hudson River, the East River, and out into...
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