Adriaen (Aerjan) Block

1567 - 1627  (~ 60 år)

• Navn	Adriaen (Aerjan) Block
  Fødsel	1567	Amsterdam, Nederland
  Kjønn	Mann
  Occupation	Dutch private trader and navigator Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_Block Adriaen (Aerjan) Block (ca. 1567 , Amsterdam - buried April 27 , 1627 , Amsterdam) was a Dutch private trader and navigator 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 . He is noted for 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. .............. After his return to Amsterdam in July 1614 he would not return to the New World again. No less adventurous, while approaching 50 years of age, he headed whaling operations for the in January 1914 established Noordsche Compagnie in the Bellsund of Spitsbergen . He remained sailing until his death in 1627. He was buried in Amsterdam's Oude Kerk in a grave next to his wife
  Residence	1606
  a house called "De Twee Bontecraijen" (The Two Hooded Crows) on Amsterdam's Oude Waal street
  Begravelse	27 Apr 1627	Amsterdam, Nederland
  Person ID	I18957	My Genealogy
  Sist endret	14 Jan 2018

  
  

  Familie	Neeltje Hendricks van Gelder
  Ekteskap	26 Okt 1603	Amsterdam, Nederland
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_Block
  Famile ID	F8121	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram
  Sist endret	14 Jan 2018

  
  

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  Fødsel - 1567 - Amsterdam, Nederland Ekteskap - 26 Okt 1603 - Amsterdam, Nederland Begravelse - 27 Apr 1627 - Amsterdam, Nederland  = Link til Google Earth