Forts along the Delaware River in the 1600s. Short-lived Beversreede was supplanted by Fort Nya Korsholm (upper right)Situation in the 1770s showing a fort on Province Island (top)1891 USGS 1891 map showing the confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers, site of most upstream Dutch and Swedish forts
Fort Beversreede (after 1633–1651) was a Dutch-built palisaded factorij located near the confluence of the Schuylkill River and the Delaware River. It was an outpost of the colony of New Netherland, which was centered on its capital, New Amsterdam (Manhattan), on the North River (Hudson River).
FortBeversreede (after 1633–1651) was a Dutch-built palisaded factorij located near the confluence of the Schuylkill River and the Delaware River. It...
construction of FortBeversreede near the terminus of the Great Minquas Path, at the mouth of the Schuylkill. The location of earlier-built Fort Nassau on the...
Fort Christina (also called Fort Altena) was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built...
various names such as Fort James, Fort Willem Hendrick and its anglicized Fort William Henry, Fort Anne, and Fort George. The fort changed hands eight times...
in the 1620s, and named the trail "Beversreede" or "Beaver Road." Sometime after 1633, they built FortBeversreede at the trail's eastern terminus, the...
FortBeversreede, called Fort Nya Korsholm or Fort New Korsholm. The Swedish building was said to be only twelve feet from the gate of the Dutch fort...
The initial trading factory gave rise to the settlement around Fort Amsterdam. The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan...
1638. Settlements at Fort Nassau and the short-lived FortBeversreede were abandoned and consolidated at Fort Casimir. By 1655 Fort Christina, sitting in...
new fortress which would replace Fort Nassau and FortBeversreede. He began by purchasing all the land south of Fort Christina all the way to Bombay Hook...
venture. Soon after, traders built Fort Nassau on Castle Island in the area of Albany up Hudson's river. The fort was to defend river traffic against...
New Castle, Delaware), briefly known as Fort Trefaldigheets (1654–1655) and later New Amstel FortBeversreede (1651), on the Schuylkill River (at Southwest...
Dutch effectively encircled the Swedish colony. The Swedes abandoned FortBeversreede, a short-lived attempt to establish a foothold at the end of the Great...
Fortifications: Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop De Wal Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus FortBeversreede Fort...
Fortifications: Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop De Wal Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus FortBeversreede Fort...
construction of Fort Amsterdam, around which the colony began to grow. Small groups of the early arrivals were dispersed to Fort Orange, to Fort Wilhelmus,...
counties. The purchase was ratified in 1630 by Peter Minuit and his council at Fort Amsterdam. The estate was further extended, on May 5, 1630, by the purchase...
Fortifications: Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop De Wal Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus FortBeversreede Fort...
population remained near New Amsterdam, and farther north, were centered around Fort Orange (Albany, NY) and Rensselaerswijck. Moreover, patroons were essentially...
in 1609, the Dutch claimed the area and set up two forts to anchor it: Fort Nassau in 1614 and Fort Orange in 1624, both named for the Dutch noble House...
in their war against Maryland colonists. In 1648, the Dutch built FortBeversreede on the west bank of the Delaware, south of the Schuylkill River near...
Delaware Bay. On September 15, 1655, Governor Johan Risingh surrendered Fort Christina and the colony without a fight. At daybreak on September 15, 1655...
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